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	Statute of Westminster 1931 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Statute of Westminster 1931 was the enactment of the United Kingdom Parliament (December 11, 1931) which established a status of legislative equality between the self-governing dominions of the British Empire and the United Kingdom.
		The Statute is sometimes referred to, especially in the former dominions, as the Treaty of Westminster, although it was not in the form of a treaty.
		The Statute applied to the dominions which existed in 1931: the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of Canada, the Irish Free State, Newfoundland, the Dominion of New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Statute_of_Westminster (1515 words)

	Comparative Criminology \| New Zealand
		In accordance with that original authority, the police oath which is contained in the Police Act of 1958 simply requires the police to preserve the peace, to prevent offenses against the peace, and to discharge their duties in these respects impartially and according to law.
		Under this Act, inter alia, everyone has the right not to be arbitrarily arrested or detained, and if arrested or detained, is to be informed of the right to silence and the right to consult and instruct a lawyer without delay.
		Under Section 16 of the 1985 Criminal Justice Act, the offender may request the court to receive information about the offender's ethnic or cultural background, the way in which that background may relate to the commission of the offense and the positive effects that background may have in helping to avoid further offending.
	www-rohan.sdsu.edu /faculty/rwinslow/nzealand.html (8558 words)

	Auckland District Law Society - Sources of New Zealand Constitution - Historical legislation
		Act remaining in force, with amendments and a diminishing practical status, until 1986 when it was supplanted by the Constitution Act 1986.
		Habeas Corpus Acts of 1640, 1679 and 1816
		Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947 in conjunction with the New Zealand Constitution Amendment (Request and Consent) Act 1947
	www.adls.org.nz /public/public50/nzls05/nzls52 (606 words)

	New Zealand
		Full independence was granted by the United Kingdom Parliament with the Statute of Westminster in 1931; it was taken up upon the Statute's adoption by the New Zealand Parliament in 1947, since then New Zealand has been a sovereign constitutional monarchy within the Commonwealth of Nations.
		Under the New Zealand Royal Titles Act (1953), Queen Elizabeth II is Queen of New Zealand and is represented as head of state by the Governor-General, Dame Silvia Cartwright.
		In 2003 the Supreme Court Act was passed, abolishing appeals to the Privy Council, with effect from 2004 and setting up a Supreme Court of New Zealand in Wellington.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/n/ne/new_zealand.html (2767 words)

	THE LAW OF SUCCESSION TO THE CROWN IN NEW ZEALAND
		The further limitations were: (1) to the heirs of the body of Mary; (2) to the Princess Anne of Denmark and the heirs of her body; (3) to the heirs of the body of William, Prince of Orange.
		The Act of Settlement(94) was introduced to meet the situation, although other restrictions were tacked on also.(95) Consent was required for the king to engage in war or to leave the country.
		Henry VIII provided for the succession of his daughters by statute, but it was therein said that the Crown should pass to females "according to their ages, as the Crown of England has been accustomed, and ought to go in cases where there be heirs female to the same" (25 Hen VIII c 22).
	www.geocities.com /noelcox/Succession_Law.htm (7994 words)

	LLRX -- An Introduction to New Zealand Law & Legal Information 2002
		Acts are officially published by Legislation Direct initially in pamphlet form, while bound volumes of statutes containing all the Acts passed in that year are published annually.
		Statutes are only reprinted occasionally, when the number of amending Acts becomes so large that reading a principal Act along with all its amendments becomes unwieldy.
		The statute books are kept up to date by a homespun system of manual annotation involving the physical crossing out of repealed sections and insertion of slips of paper to indicate amendments.
	www.llrx.com /features/newzealand.htm (4824 words)

	BOOK REVIEW: PUBLIC LAW IN NEW ZEALAND - CASES, MATERIALS, COMMENTARY AND QUESTIONS
		Topics that receive particularly good treatment are Parliamentary sovereignty, which includes one of the few extensive pieces of commentary (and one that summarizes the debate succinctly and well), and which is accompanied by excellent problem questions on entrenchment.
		Another impressive section is that on the Constitution Act 1986 which reveals how a practical problem (in this case the devaluation crisis of 1984) can spark reforms going beyond what was necessitated by the problem itself.
		For example, no space is allocated to local government, to the Human Rights Act, or to the important topic of Crown liability in contract and tort and the relevance in that area of executive discretion.
	www.waikato.ac.nz /law/wlr/1993/article8-book.html (1115 words)

	Chapter VII:
		In matters of domestic concern they were to act on their own initiative (and after the advent of responsible government, on the advice of local Ministers).
		The adoption of this policy was to have far-reaching consequences.
		Whether the lack of a desire to control the appointment of Governors-General or a desire to continue his dual role was determinative in the delay is difficult to assess on the surviving evidence.
	www.geocities.com /noelcox/G-G.htm (10396 words)

	COMMENTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Judicial independence from political interference by the executive is protected by the Judicature Act 1908 and the Constitution Act 1986.
		There are over 100 specialist tribunals, authorities, boards, committees or related bodies to deal with some types of disputes, largely between individuals, on matters such as human rights,[7] employment disputes, censorship, welfare and benefits, taxation, occupational licensing and discipline, scientific matters, and activity licensing (for example, for the sale of liquor).
		The Waitangi Tribunal is a permanent commission of inquiry established by the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975.
	au.geocities.com /the_uprising1/Humanrights.html (1632 words)

	Background Notes on Selected East Asian and Pacific Countries from the Department of State
		Under the prevailing Westminster parliamentary system, the leader of the political party or coalition of parties that wins a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives is named prime minister.
		Australia was one of the founders of both the United Nations and the South Pacific Commission (1947), and in 1950, it proposed the Colombo Plan to assist developing countries in Asia.
		An Act of Free Choice, held in Irian Jaya under UN supervision in 1969, confirmed the transfer of sovereignty to Indonesia.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/SDBNAsia.html (21558 words)

	Institute of Island Studies
		The Commission recommended the adoption of a new electoral map, with 30 single-member districts, to remedy the serious variations in the population of constituencies which had led to the declaration that the sections of the Election Act dealing with electoral boundaries were unconstitutional.
		Iain McLean suggests that the introduction of PR into the Scottish parliament was eased by the fact that it was a newly created assembly; the forces of conservatism and inertia that might have been expected to play the spoiler in a change to PR in an established legislature were not present.
		During the public consultations conducted by the Election Act and Electoral Boundary Commission, some presenters suggested that the number of MLAs ought to be reduced, perhaps to as few as 21.
	www.upei.ca /~iis/rep_jac_2.htm (14065 words)

	New Zealand History, Government & Economy
		New Zealand has a parliamentary system of government closely patterned on that of the United Kingdom and is a fully independent member of the Commonwealth.
		New Zealand law has three principal sources--English common law, certain statutes of the UK Parliament enacted before 1947, and statutes of the New Zealand Parliament.
		In interpreting common law, the courts have been concerned with preserving uniformity with common law as interpreted in the United Kingdom.
	www.pacificcoasttravelinfo.com /nzhistory.asp (971 words)

	GlobaLex - An Introduction to New Zealand Law & Sources of Legal Information Guide
		Acts are officially published by in pamphlet form, while bound volumes of statutes containing all the Acts passed in that year are published annually.
		The statute books are kept up to date by a homespun system of manual annotation involving the physical crossing out of repealed sections and insertion of slips of paper to indicate amendments.
		It is the Brookers version of electronic statutes that has been made available free to the public while the Parliamentary Counsel Office completes its project to produce a free online official statute database.
	www.nyulawglobal.org /globalex/New_Zealand.htm (2584 words)

	A short history of New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		During 14 years in office, the Labour Party under Michael Joseph Savage (1935-1940) and Peter Fraser (1940-1949) implements a broad array of social and economic legislation, including comprehensive social security, a largescale public works program, a 40-hour work week, a minimum basic wage, and compulsory unionism.
		New Zealand achieves full internal and external autonomy by the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act in 1947, although this merely formalizes a situation that has existed since 1931.
		The National Party wins control of the government in 1949 and adopts under prime minister Sidney Holland many welfare measures instituted by the Labour Party.
	www.electionworld.org /history/newzealand.htm (643 words)

	INVESTIGATEmagazine July 2000: No Sign Of Helen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The allegation against the Government is relatively simple to understand: it is legally impossible for sovereignty to pass from the King or Queen of England to the New Zealand Government: the Government is not the Queen’s "subjects", the people are, and only subjects could be given independence.
		Investigate magazine filed Official Information Act requests with both the Prime Minister and the Attorney-General, seeking formal clarification of whether New Zealand is in fact still a British colony, not an independent nation; or if we are independent, confirmation of the date that it happened.
		While Margaret Wilson may believe it happened in 1947, that then doesn’t explain why the last Labour Government appeared to declare independence again in 1986.
	twm.co.nz /jul00_nohelen.htm (2460 words)

	Background Notes Archive - East Asia and the Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		There are also a number of community boards and specia-purpose bodies with partially elected, partially appointed memberships.
		GOVERNMENT New Zealand has a parliamentary system of government closely patterned on that of the United Kingdom and is a fully independent member of the Commonwealth.
		The judiciary consists of the Court of Appeals, the High Court, and the District Courts.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /erc/bgnotes/eap/newzealand9807.html (4127 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Statute of Westminster 1931 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
		Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Statute of Westminster 1931; all previous versions may be viewed here.
		They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Statute_of_Westminster_1931 (1650 words)

	Snowvision :: Snowpedia :: New Zealand
		Full independence was granted by the United Kingdom Parliament with the Statute of Westminster in 1931; it was taken up upon the Statute's adoption by the New Zealand Parliament in 1947.
		Parliament consists of the unicameral House of Representatives, normally consisting of 120 members, from which an executive Cabinet of about 20 ministers is appointed.
		Until 2004, appeals from decisions of the Court of Appeal could be appealed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London.
	www.snowvision.org.nz /snowpediaNewZealand.html (2559 words)

	★ New Zealand Information. Information about NZ
		Full independence was granted by the United Kingdom Parliament with the Statute of Westminster in 1931; it was taken up upon the Statute's adoption by the New Zealand Parliament in 1947, since when New Zealand has been a sovereign constitutional monarchy within the Commonwealth of Nations.
		Until 2004, appeals from decisions of the Court of Appeal could be appealed to Her Majesty in Council, who referred the case to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London.
		When originally settled, New Zealand was divided into provinces.
	www.mkiwi.com /New+Zealand+information (2474 words)

	New Zealand (09/04)
		There also are a number of community boards and special-purpose bodies with partially elected, partially appointed memberships.
		Political parties: Labour, National, Progressive Coalition Party, New Zealand Green Party, New Zealand First, ACT, United Future, and several smaller parties not represented in Parliament.
		Inhabitants of these areas hold New Zealand citizenship.
	www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/n/47522.htm (3520 words)

	Facts about your State/Province/Country
		They were so strong that they rang church bells on the east coast.
		Many people think that the fault system will act up again, affecting more people due to larger urbanization.
		* The fourth was brought on by the rapid growth of the oil and gas industry after 1947.
	crossandflame.com /forum/phpBBToGo/thread.php?topic_id=8236 (5891 words)

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