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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><caption class="infobox-title summary">New Zealand Constitution Act 1852<sup id="cite_ref-footnotes_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-footnotes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight: bold;">Act of Parliament</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_variant_1%29.svg/140px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_variant_1%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="135" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Citation_of_United_Kingdom_legislation" title="Citation of United Kingdom legislation">Citation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/15_%26_16_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="15 & 16 Vict.">15 & 16 Vict.</a> c. 72</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Territorial extent </span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">Dates</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">Royal assent</a></th><td class="infobox-data">30 June 1852</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">Other legislation</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Amended by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist 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width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Constitution_Act_1986" title="Constitution Act 1986">Constitution Act 1986</a> (New Zealand)</li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Statute_Law_(Repeals)_Act_1989" title="Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989">Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989</a> (United Kingdom)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"><div style="background-color: #ffcccc;">Status: Repealed</div></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-GovCons-t1-body-d1-d1.html">Text of statute as originally enacted</a></th></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>New Zealand Constitution Act 1852</b> (<a href="/wiki/15_%26_16_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="15 & 16 Vict.">15 & 16 Vict.</a> c. 72) was an <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Act of Parliament">Act</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a> that granted <a href="/wiki/Self-governing_colony" title="Self-governing colony">self-government</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_New_Zealand" title="Colony of New Zealand">Colony of New Zealand</a>. It was the second such Act, the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1846" title="New Zealand Constitution Act 1846">previous 1846 Act</a> not having been fully implemented.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The purpose of the Act was to have constitutional independence from Britain.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The definition of franchise or the ability to vote excluded all women, most <a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_people" title="Māori people">Māori</a>, all non-British people and those with convictions for serious offences.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Act remained in force as part of <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_New_Zealand" title="Constitution of New Zealand">New Zealand's constitution</a> until it was rendered redundant by the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_Act_1986" title="Constitution Act 1986">Constitution Act 1986</a>. </p><p>The long title of the Act was "An Act to Grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand". The Act received <a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">royal assent</a> on 30 June 1852.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Preamble_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Preamble-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1850, New Zealand was being governed as a <a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown Colony">Crown Colony</a>. This style of government was increasingly inadequate in light of changing circumstances. The rapid demographic changes as new immigrants arrived meant a new, democratic style of government had to be established to replace the dictatorial Crown Colony system.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Company" title="New Zealand Company">New Zealand Company</a>, which was established in 1839, proposed that New Zealand should have representative institutions, and this was consistent with the findings of the <a href="/wiki/Durham_Report" title="Durham Report">Durham Report</a>, which was commissioned during 1838 following the <a href="/wiki/Rebellions_of_1837%E2%80%931838" title="Rebellions of 1837–1838">rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada</a>. The first settlement of the company, Wellington, briefly had its own elected council during 1840, which dissolved itself on the instruction of Lieutenant Governor <a href="/wiki/William_Hobson" title="William Hobson">William Hobson</a>. The first <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1846" title="New Zealand Constitution Act 1846">New Zealand Constitution Act</a> was passed in 1846, though Governor <a href="/wiki/George_Grey" title="George Grey">George Grey</a> was opposed to its implementation, specifically the proposed division of the country into European and <a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_people" title="Māori people">Māori</a> districts, and stated that settlers were not ready for self-government.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcLean200643_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcLean200643-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, almost all of the Act was suspended for six years pending the new Act of 1852, the only operative part of the 1846 Act being the creation of New Zealand's first provinces, <a href="/wiki/New_Ulster_Province" title="New Ulster Province">New Ulster Province</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Munster_Province" title="New Munster Province">New Munster Province</a>. In the meantime, Grey drafted his own Constitution Act while camping on <a href="/wiki/Mount_Ruapehu" title="Mount Ruapehu">Mount Ruapehu</a>. Grey's draft established both provincial and central representative assemblies, allowed for Māori districts<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_71_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_71-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a governor elected by the General Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESinclair198625_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESinclair198625-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only the latter proposal was rejected by the Parliament of the United Kingdom when it adopted Grey's constitution.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcLean200644_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcLean200644-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Effect">Effect</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Effect"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Zealand_provinces_1852.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/New_Zealand_provinces_1852.png/200px-New_Zealand_provinces_1852.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="291" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/New_Zealand_provinces_1852.png/300px-New_Zealand_provinces_1852.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/New_Zealand_provinces_1852.png/400px-New_Zealand_provinces_1852.png 2x" data-file-width="405" data-file-height="590" /></a><figcaption>The 1852 Constitution Act established the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_New_Zealand" title="Provinces of New Zealand">Provinces of New Zealand</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Constitution established: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Bicameralism" title="Bicameralism">bicameral</a> General Assembly (often referred to as <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Parliament" title="New Zealand Parliament">Parliament</a>, but not officially so called until <a href="/wiki/Constitution_Act_1986" title="Constitution Act 1986">1986</a>), consisting of the <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_New_Zealand" title="Governor-General of New Zealand">governor</a>, a <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Legislative_Council" title="New Zealand Legislative Council">legislative council</a> and a <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_House_of_Representatives" title="New Zealand House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a>;</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Executive_Council_of_New_Zealand" title="Executive Council of New Zealand">Executive Council</a>, nominally appointed by the governor. This issue was to dominate the first session of Parliament in 1854;</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_New_Zealand" title="Provinces of New Zealand">Provinces of New Zealand</a>, which divided New Zealand into six provinces.</li></ul> <p>By the Act, the provinces had the authority to pass provincial legislation, although the governor had a reserve power of veto such legislation, and the right of the Crown to disallow provincial Acts within two years of their passage was preserved. Parliament was granted the power to make laws for the "<a href="/wiki/Peace,_order,_and_good_government" title="Peace, order, and good government">peace, order, and good government</a> of New Zealand"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_53_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_53-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> provided such legislation was not inconsistent with the laws of England.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_53_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_53-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sections">Sections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Sections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Constitution Act consisted of 82 sections as passed, a preamble and one schedule.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Preamble_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Preamble-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Preamble">Preamble</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Preamble"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Constitution Act's preamble recounts the previous enactments (including the New Zealand Constitution Act 1846), charters and letters patent passed and issued in the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_New_Zealand" title="Colony of New Zealand">Colony of New Zealand</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Preamble_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Preamble-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Repeals">Repeals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Repeals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Constitution Act repealed all enactments that were repugnant to the Constitution Act but preserved all ordinances of the then established provinces of New Zealand.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Provinces">Provinces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Provinces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_New_Zealand" title="Provinces of New Zealand">Provinces of New Zealand</a></div> <p>Sections 2 to 28 dealt with the Provinces of New Zealand, setting out their establishment,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_2_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> composition, elections, powers and procedures. Each province was to have a <a href="/wiki/Superintendent_(New_Zealand)" title="Superintendent (New Zealand)">Superintendent</a> and a Provincial Council. Each Provincial Council consisted of no less than nine members,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_3_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_3-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> elected by men over the age of 21 years, owning freehold estate, living in the district and with a £50 or above income per annum.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_7_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_7-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since Māori land was owned collectively not on individual title as was required, most Māori could not vote.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Superintendents were elected directly at the same time as Provincial Councils.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_4_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_4-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Provinces were able to make laws (ordinances) in all areas, except for:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>setting Customs duties<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(1)_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(1)-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Creating courts except where allowed under New Zealand law<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(2)_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(2)-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The issuing of bills (debentures), coins or paper currency<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(3)_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(3)-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Weights and measures<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(4)_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(4)-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Post-offices and postal services<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(5)_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(5)-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Bankruptcy or insolvency:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(6)_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(6)-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Beacons and Lighthouses on the coast<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(7)_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(7)-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Charges on shipping at any port<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(8)_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(8)-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Marriage<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(9)_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(9)-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lands of the Crown, or lands to which the "title of the aboriginal native owners" (Māori) has not been "extinguished" (that is, sold)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(10)_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(10)-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"Inflicting any disabilities or restrictions" on Māori (described as "the native race") to which "persons of European birth or descent" would not also be subject to<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(11)_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(11)-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Criminal law, except trial and punishment<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(12)_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(12)-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Wills and inheritance<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(13)_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(13)-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Provincial councils could sit for no more than four years.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_13_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_13-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_New_Zealand" title="Local government in New Zealand">Local government in New Zealand</a></div> <p>The Constitution allowed for the creation of <a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation" title="Municipal corporation">municipal corporations</a>, i.e., city governments.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_70_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_70-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Municipal corporations could create their own regulations and by-laws but could be overruled by the provincial council in the province the corporation was established in.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_70_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_70-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Constitution did not define how the municipal corporations would be elected, but left it to the General Assembly to determine. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Māori_districts"><span id="M.C4.81ori_districts"></span>Māori districts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Māori districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Māori districts" were allowed for under the Constitution Act,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_71_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_71-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where Māori law and custom were to be preserved, but this section was never implemented by the Crown. It was, however, used by the <a href="/wiki/Kingitanga" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingitanga">Kingitanga</a> to justify claims of Māori self-governance during the 1870s and 1880s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_Assembly">General Assembly</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: General Assembly"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Parliament#History" title="New Zealand Parliament">New Zealand Parliament § History</a></div> <p>A General Assembly was constituted, consisting of the governor, the Legislative Council, and the House of Representatives.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_32_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_32-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative Council of New Zealand">Legislative Council</a> was an appointed body of no less than ten councillors (with a quorum of five),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_39_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_39-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who were at least 21 years old and British subjects.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_33_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_33-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Legislative Councillors held their seats for life,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_34_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_34-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> unless they resigned,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_35_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_35-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or were bankrupted or swore allegiance to a foreign power.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_36_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_36-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assent_to_Bills">Assent to Bills</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Assent to Bills"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Constitution stated the governor was empowered to grant, refuse and reserve assent to Bills passed by the General Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_56_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_56-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The governor could also return Bills to the General Assembly with suggested amendments.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_56_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_56-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Sovereign could instruct the governor to refuse assent to Bills.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_57_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_57-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The governor was required to send Bills assented to one of the Sovereign's principal Secretaries of State.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_58_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_58-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Sovereign could then, by Order in Council, refuse assent to Bills.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_58_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_58-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If the governor reserved assent to a Bill, it could only be assented to by the Sovereign.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_59_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_59-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Zealand_Company">New Zealand Company</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: New Zealand Company"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Company" title="New Zealand Company">New Zealand Company</a></div> <p>The Constitution provided for the Crown to control the sale of "wastelands", land that was previously purchased (or claimed to be purchased) by the New Zealand Company from Māori for the Company's colonisation schemes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_74_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_74-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The British government had lent £236,000 to the Company in 1846 to keep the company solvent. As a result, the Constitution provided for a quarter of the proceeds of land sales would go to the New Zealand Company until the debt was paid off.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_74_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_74-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canterbury_Association">Canterbury Association</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Canterbury Association"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Canterbury_Association" title="Canterbury Association">Canterbury Association</a></div> <p>The Constitution specifically did not affect the legislation establishing the Canterbury Association.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_74_43-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_74-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Canterbury Association was given the ability to hand its powers over the new provincial council, once established (eventually the <a href="/wiki/Canterbury_Province" title="Canterbury Province">Canterbury Province</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_76_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_76-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Canterbury Association did so in 1853. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Otago_Association">Otago Association</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Otago Association"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Otago_Association" title="Otago Association">Otago Association</a></div> <p>Because the land for settlement of Otago had originally been purchased by the New Zealand Company, the Constitution both restated the Crown's ability to dispose of the land (subject to existing purchase agreements),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_78_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_78-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and protected the Otago Association from being directly regulated by the General Assembly. Like the Canterbury Association, the Otago Association was also given the power to hand its powers over the new provincial council (eventually the <a href="/wiki/Otago_Province" title="Otago Province">Otago Province</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_79_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_79-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Implementation">Implementation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Implementation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first provincial elections were held during 1853. The <a href="/wiki/1853_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1853 New Zealand general election">1853 New Zealand general election</a> for the General Assembly was held between 14 July and 1 October in 1853. The <a href="/wiki/1st_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="1st New Zealand Parliament">Parliament</a> under the Act met in <a href="/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a>, at the time the <a href="/wiki/Capital_of_New_Zealand" title="Capital of New Zealand">capital</a>, in May 1854. This session was concerned primarily with the issue of <a href="/wiki/Responsible_government" title="Responsible government">responsible government</a>, or the ability of the Colonial parliament instead of the governor to appoint its own ministers. Prior to the Act, the executive council consisted of Crown servants who were responsible to the governor. A motion was passed almost unanimously affirming the ability of Parliament to appoint its own executive council members. Three members of the Assembly (and later one from the Legislative Council) were added to the executive council as ministers without portfolio under the leadership of <a href="/wiki/Fitzgerald_Ministry,_1854" class="mw-redirect" title="Fitzgerald Ministry, 1854">James FitzGerald</a>. The unofficial members soon resigned. </p><p>After fresh elections the <a href="/wiki/2nd_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="2nd New Zealand Parliament">2nd Parliament</a> met, and the new governor, Sir <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Gore_Browne" title="Thomas Gore Browne">Thomas Gore Browne</a>, asked <a href="/wiki/Henry_Sewell" title="Henry Sewell">Henry Sewell</a> to form the first responsible ministry. </p><p>However, the General Assembly did not have total control of the executive. The governor retained reserve powers to disallow legislation and there was the authority of the Crown to disallow legislation even after the governor had given his assent. These powers of <a href="/wiki/Disallowance_and_reservation" title="Disallowance and reservation">reservation and disallowance</a> were prerogative powers included in the Act. This power was limited by the <a href="/wiki/Balfour_Declaration_of_1926" title="Balfour Declaration of 1926">Balfour Declaration of 1926</a>, in that they were to be exercised only on the advice of New Zealand ministers. The powers were not continued by the 1986 Constitution Act. </p><p>The powers of the Assembly were given in the <a href="/wiki/Colonial_Laws_Validity_Act_1865" title="Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865">Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865</a>, which stated that colonial legislatures had full powers to make laws respecting their own constitution, powers, and procedure. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_New_Zealand" title="Elections in New Zealand">Elections in New Zealand</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Amendments">Amendments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Amendments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Act was amended several occasions, beginning in 1857. The New Zealand Parliament did not have the ability to amend all parts of the Act until 1947. A number of important amendments were made to the Act by the New Zealand Parliament. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Zealand_Constitution_Amendment_Act_1857">New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1857</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1857"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first amendment to the Act was made by the British Parliament during 1857. This amendment granted the New Zealand General Assembly the ability to amend or repeal all of the provisions of the Constitution Act except provisions such as the establishment of the General Assembly itself and the extent of its legislative powers.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abolition_of_the_Provinces_Act_1876">Abolition of the Provinces Act 1876</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Abolition of the Provinces Act 1876"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This amendment abolished the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_New_Zealand" title="Provinces of New Zealand">Provinces of New Zealand</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Zealand_Constitution_Amendment_Act_1947">New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1947, New Zealand adopted the <a href="/wiki/Statute_of_Westminster_1931" title="Statute of Westminster 1931">Statute of Westminster 1931</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Statute_of_Westminster_Adoption_Act_1947" title="Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947">Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947</a>. The only remaining provision of the Constitution Act relating to the Parliament of the United Kingdom was the ability of the former imperial legislature to legislate for New Zealand at the New Zealand Parliament's consent. This occurred only once, for the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Constitution_Amendment_Act_1947" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947">New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947</a> which adopted the New Zealand Parliament's <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Constitution_Amendment_(Request_and_Consent)_Act_1947" title="New Zealand Constitution Amendment (Request and Consent) Act 1947">New Zealand Constitution Amendment (Request and Consent) Act 1947</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legislative_Council_Abolition_Act_1950">Legislative Council Abolition Act 1950</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Legislative Council Abolition Act 1950"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This amendment repealed the sections of the Constitution Act relating to the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Legislative_Council" title="New Zealand Legislative Council">Legislative Council</a> so that the New Zealand General Assembly, now Parliament, became a <a href="/wiki/Unicameralism" title="Unicameralism">unicameral (single-chamber)</a> legislature. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Zealand_Constitution_Amendment_Act_1973">New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1973</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1973"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This amendment gave the New Zealand Parliament the power to pass laws of extraterritorial effect.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Repeal">Repeal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Repeal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Act was repealed by section 28 of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_Act_1986" title="Constitution Act 1986">Constitution Act 1986</a> in New Zealand. By the time of its repeal, only 18 of the Act's original 82 sections remained, of which a number were regarded as no longer effective. In the UK it was repealed by the <a href="/wiki/Statute_Law_(Repeals)_Act_1989" title="Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989">Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_New_Zealand" title="Constitution of New Zealand">Constitution of New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence_of_New_Zealand" title="Independence of New Zealand">Independence of New Zealand</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-footnotes-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-footnotes_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The citation of this Act by this <a href="/wiki/Short_title" class="mw-redirect" title="Short title">short title</a> was authorised by the <a href="/wiki/Short_Titles_Act_1896" title="Short Titles Act 1896">Short Titles Act 1896</a>, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised for the United Kingdom by section 19(2) of the <a href="/wiki/Interpretation_Act_1978" title="Interpretation Act 1978">Interpretation Act 1978</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.teara.govt.nz/en/government-and-nation/3">"Government and Nation - Page 3. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 April</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Government+and+Nation+-+Page+3.+The+constitution&rft.pub=Te+Ara%3A+The+Encyclopedia+of+New+Zealand&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teara.govt.nz%2Fen%2Fgovernment-and-nation%2F3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANew+Zealand+Constitution+Act+1852" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKeenan2012" class="citation book cs1">Keenan, Danny (1 January 2012). 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Oxford: Hart publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84946-903-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84946-903-6"><bdi>978-1-84946-903-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Constitution+of+New+Zealand%3A+a+contextual+analysis&rft.place=Oxford&rft.series=Constitutional+systems+of+the+world&rft.pub=Hart+publishing&rft.date=2022&rft.isbn=978-1-84946-903-6&rft.aulast=Palmer&rft.aufirst=Matthew&rft.au=Knight%2C+Dean+R.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANew+Zealand+Constitution+Act+1852" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Preamble-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Preamble_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Preamble_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Preamble_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Preamble.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoon2013" class="citation book cs1">Moon, Paul (2013). 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New Holland. p. 71. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-86966-379-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-86966-379-7"><bdi>978-1-86966-379-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+New+Zealand+Constitution+Act%2C+1852&rft.btitle=Turning+Points+-+events+that+changed+the+course+of+New+Zealand+history&rft.pages=71&rft.pub=New+Holland&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-1-86966-379-7&rft.aulast=Moon&rft.aufirst=Paul&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANew+Zealand+Constitution+Act+1852" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcLean200643-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcLean200643_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMcLean2006">McLean 2006</a>, p. 43.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_71-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_71_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_71_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 71.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESinclair198625-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESinclair198625_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSinclair1986">Sinclair 1986</a>, p. 25.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcLean200644-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcLean200644_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMcLean2006">McLean 2006</a>, p. 44.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_53-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_53_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_53_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 53.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_1-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_1_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_2-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_2_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_3-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_3_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_7-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_7_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_4-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_4_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 19.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(1)-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(1)_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 19(1).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(2)-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(2)_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 19(2).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(3)-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(3)_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 19(3).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(4)-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(4)_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 19(4).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(5)-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(5)_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 19(5).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(6)-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(6)_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 19(6).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(7)-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(7)_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 19(7).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(8)-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(8)_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 19(8).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(9)-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(9)_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 19(9).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(10)-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(10)_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 19(10).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(11)-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(11)_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 19(11).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(12)-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(12)_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 19(12).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(13)-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_19(13)_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 19(13).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_13-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_13_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 13.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_70-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_70_32-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_70_32-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 70.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_32-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_32_33-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 32.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_39-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_39_34-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 39.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_33-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_33_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 33.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_34-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_34_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 34.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_35-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_35_37-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 35.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_36-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_36_38-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 36.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_56-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_56_39-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_56_39-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 56.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_57-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_57_40-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 57.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_58-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_58_41-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_58_41-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 58.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_59-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_59_42-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 59.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_74-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_74_43-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_74_43-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_74_43-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 74.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_76-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_76_44-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 76.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_78-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_78_45-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 78.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_79-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEConstitution_Act1852Section_79_46-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFConstitution_Act1852">Constitution Act 1852</a>, Section 79.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/imp_act_1840/nzcaa185720a21vc53431/">"New Zealand 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Dunedin: Otago University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-877372-25-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-877372-25-0"><bdi>1-877372-25-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Governors%3A+New+Zealand%27s+Governors+and+Governors-General&rft.place=Dunedin&rft.pub=Otago+University+Press&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=1-877372-25-0&rft.aulast=McLean&rft.aufirst=Gavin&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.otago.ac.nz%2Fpress%2Fbooksauthors%2F2006%2Fgovernors.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANew+Zealand+Constitution+Act+1852" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSinclair1986" class="citation book cs1">Sinclair, Keith (1986). <i>A Destiny Apart: New Zealand's Search for National Identity</i>. Wellington: Unwin Paperbacks. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-86861-682-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-86861-682-6"><bdi>0-86861-682-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Destiny+Apart%3A+New+Zealand%27s+Search+for+National+Identity&rft.place=Wellington&rft.pub=Unwin+Paperbacks&rft.date=1986&rft.isbn=0-86861-682-6&rft.aulast=Sinclair&rft.aufirst=Keith&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANew+Zealand+Constitution+Act+1852" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1852&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFConstitution_Act1852" class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-GovCons-t1-body-d1-d1.html">"New Zealand Constitution Act 1852"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Victoria_University_of_Wellington" title="Victoria University of Wellington">Victoria University of Wellington</a> - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. 30 June 1852<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1566">1566</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1571" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1571">1571</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1572" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1572">1572</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1575" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1575">1575</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1580" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1580">1580</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1584" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1584">1584</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1586" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1586">1586</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1588" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1588">1588</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1592" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1592">1592</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1597" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1597">1597</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1601" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1601">1601</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1603" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1603">1603</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1605" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1605">1605</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1606" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1606">1606</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1609" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1609">1609</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1620" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1620">1620</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1623" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1623">1623</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1625" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1625">1625</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1627" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1627">1627</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Petition_of_Right" title="Petition of Right">Petition of Right</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1640" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1640">1640</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_ordinances_and_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England,_1642%E2%80%931660" title="List of ordinances and acts of the Parliament of England, 1642–1660">Interregnum (1642–1660)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1660" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1660">1660</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1661" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1661">1661</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1662" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1662">1662</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1663" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1663">1663</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1664" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1664">1664</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1665" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1665">1665</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1666" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1666">1666</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1667" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1667">1667</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1670" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1670">1670</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1672" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1672">1672</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1675" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1675">1675</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1677" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1677">1677</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1678" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1678">1678</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1679" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1679">1679</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Habeas_Corpus_Act_1679" title="Habeas Corpus Act 1679">Habeas Corpus Act</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1680" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1680">1680</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1685" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1685">1685</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1688" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1688">1688</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1689" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1689">1689</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_of_Rights_1689" title="Bill of Rights 1689">Bill of Rights</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1690" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1690">1690</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1691" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1691">1691</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1692" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1692">1692</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1693" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1693">1693</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1694" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1694">1694</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1695" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1695">1695</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1696" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1696">1696</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1697" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1697">1697</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1698" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1698">1698</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1700" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1700">1700</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1701" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1701">1701</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1702" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1702">1702</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1703" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1703">1703</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1704" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1704">1704</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1705" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1705">1705</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_England_from_1706" title="List of acts of the Parliament of England from 1706">1706</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707" title="Acts of Union 1707">Union with Scotland Act</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Parliament of Scotland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1424" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1424">1424</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1425" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1425">1425</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1426" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1426">1426</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1427" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1427">1427</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1428" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1428">1428</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1429" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1429">1429</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1431" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1431">1431</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1432" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1432">1432</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1433" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1433">1433</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1434" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1434">1434</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1436" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1436">1436</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1437" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1437">1437</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1438" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1438">1438</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1440" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1440">1440</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1443" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1443">1443</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1445" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1445">1445</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1449" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1449">1449</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1450" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1450">1450</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1451" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1451">1451</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1452" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1452">1452</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1454" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1454">1454</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1455" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1455">1455</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1456" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1456">1456</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1457" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1457">1457</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1466" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1466">1466</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1467" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1467">1467</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1468" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1468">1468</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1469" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1469">1469</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1471" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1471">1471</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1474" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1474">1474</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1475" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1475">1475</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1476" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1476">1476</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1478" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1478">1478</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1481" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1481">1481</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1482" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1482">1482</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1483" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1483">1483</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1485" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1485">1485</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1486" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1486">1486</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1487" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1487">1487</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1488" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1488">1488</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1489" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1489">1489</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1491" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1491">1491</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1493" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1493">1493</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1496" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1496">1496</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1503" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1503">1503</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1504" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1504">1504</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1509" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1509">1509</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1515" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1515">1515</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1522" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1522">1522</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1524" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1524">1524</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1525" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1525">1525</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1526" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1526">1526</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1528" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1528">1528</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1532" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1532">1532</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1535" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1535">1535</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1540" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1540">1540</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1542" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1542">1542</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1543" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1543">1543</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1545" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1545">1545</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1551" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1551">1551</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1555" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1555">1555</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1557" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1557">1557</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1558" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1558">1558</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1560" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1560">1560</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1563" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1563">1563</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1564" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1564">1564</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1567" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1567">1567</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1571" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1571">1571</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1572" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1572">1572</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1573" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1573">1573</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1578" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1578">1578</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1579" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1579">1579</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1581" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1581">1581</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1584" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1584">1584</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1585" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1585">1585</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1587" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1587">1587</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1592" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1592">1592</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1593" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1593">1593</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1594" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1594">1594</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1597" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1597">1597</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1600" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1600">1600</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1604" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1604">1604</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1606" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1606">1606</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1607" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1607">1607</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1609" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1609">1609</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1612" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1612">1612</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1617" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1617">1617</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1621" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1621">1621</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1633" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1633">1633</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland,_1639%E2%80%931651" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland, 1639–1651">Rescinded (1639–1651)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1661" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1661">1661</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1662" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1662">1662</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1663" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1663">1663</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1669" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1669">1669</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1670" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1670">1670</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1672" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1672">1672</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1673" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1673">1673</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1681" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1681">1681</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1685" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1685">1685</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1686" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1686">1686</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1689" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1689">1689</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Claim_of_Right_1689" title="Claim of Right 1689">Claim of Right</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1690" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1690">1690</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1693" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1693">1693</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1695" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1695">1695</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1696" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1696">1696</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1698" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1698">1698</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1700" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1700">1700</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1701" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1701">1701</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1702" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1702">1702</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1703" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1703">1703</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1704" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1704">1704</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1705" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1705">1705</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1706" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1706">1706</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Scotland_from_1707" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland from 1707">1707</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707" title="Acts of Union 1707">Union with England Act</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Acts of Parliament of the<br /><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Kingdom of Great Britain</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1707" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707">1707</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1708" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708">1708</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1709" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1709">1709</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1710" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1710">1710</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1711" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1711">1711</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1712" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1712">1712</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1713" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1713">1713</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1714" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1714">1714</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1715" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1715">1715</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1716" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1716">1716</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1717" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1717">1717</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1718" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1718">1718</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1719" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1719">1719</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1720" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1720">1720</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1721" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1721">1721</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1722" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1722">1722</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1723" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1723">1723</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1724" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1724">1724</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1725" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1725">1725</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1726" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1726">1726</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1727" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1727">1727</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1728" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1728">1728</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1729" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1729">1729</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1730" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1730">1730</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1731" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1731">1731</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1732" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1732">1732</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1733" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1733">1733</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1734" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1734">1734</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1735" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1735">1735</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1736" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1736">1736</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1737" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1737">1737</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1738" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1738">1738</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1739" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1739">1739</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1740" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1740">1740</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1741" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1741">1741</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1742" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1742">1742</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1743" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1743">1743</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1744" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1744">1744</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1745" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1745">1745</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1746" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1746">1746</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1747" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1747">1747</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1748" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1748">1748</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1749" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1749">1749</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1750" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1750">1750</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1751" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1751">1751</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1753" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1753">1753</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1754" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1754">1754</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1755" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1755">1755</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1756" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1756">1756</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1757" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1757">1757</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1758" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1758">1758</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1759" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1759">1759</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1760" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1760">1760</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1761" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1761">1761</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1762" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1762">1762</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1763" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1763">1763</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1764" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1764">1764</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1765" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1765">1765</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1766" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1766">1766</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1767" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1767">1767</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1768" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1768">1768</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1769" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1769">1769</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1770" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1770">1770</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1771" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1771">1771</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1772" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1772">1772</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1773" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1773">1773</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1774" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1774">1774</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1775" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1775">1775</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1776" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1776">1776</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1777" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1777">1777</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1778" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1778">1778</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1779" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1779">1779</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1780" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1780">1780</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1781" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1781">1781</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1782" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1782">1782</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1783" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1783">1783</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1784" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1784">1784</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1785" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1785">1785</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1786" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1786">1786</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1787" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1787">1787</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1788" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1788">1788</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1789" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1789">1789</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1790" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1790">1790</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1791" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1791">1791</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1792" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1792">1792</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1793" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1793">1793</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1794" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1794">1794</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1795" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1795">1795</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1796" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1796">1796</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1797" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1797">1797</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1798" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1798">1798</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1799" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1799">1799</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1800" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1800">1800</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Acts of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Ireland" title="Parliament of Ireland">Parliament of Ireland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Ireland,_1169%E2%80%931192" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1169–1192">1169–1192</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Ireland,_1200%E2%80%931299" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1200–1299">1200–1299</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Ireland,_1300%E2%80%931399" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1300–1399">1300–1399</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Ireland,_1400%E2%80%931499" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1400–1499">1400–1499</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Ireland,_1500%E2%80%931599" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1500–1599">1500–1599</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Ireland,_1600%E2%80%931690" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1600–1690">1600–1690</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Ireland,_1691%E2%80%931700" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1691–1700">1691–1700</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Ireland,_1701%E2%80%931710" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1701–1710">1701–1710</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Ireland,_1711%E2%80%931720" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1711–1720">1711–1720</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Ireland,_1721%E2%80%931730" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1721–1730">1721–1730</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Ireland,_1731%E2%80%931740" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1731–1740">1731–1740</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Ireland,_1741%E2%80%931750" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1741–1750">1741–1750</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Ireland,_1751%E2%80%931760" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1751–1760">1751–1760</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Ireland,_1761%E2%80%931770" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1761–1770">1761–1770</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Ireland,_1771%E2%80%931780" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1771–1780">1771–1780</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Ireland,_1781%E2%80%931790" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1781–1790">1781–1790</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Ireland,_1791%E2%80%931800" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1791–1800">1791–1800</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Act_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Act of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Acts of Parliament</a> of the United Kingdom of<br />Great Britain and Ireland and the United<br />Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1801" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801">1801</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1802" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1802">1802</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1803" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1803">1803</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1804" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1804">1804</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1805" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1805">1805</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1806" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1806">1806</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1807" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1807">1807</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1808" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1808">1808</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1809" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1809">1809</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1810" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1810">1810</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1811" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1811">1811</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1812" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1812">1812</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1813" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1813">1813</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1814" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1814">1814</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1815" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1815">1815</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1816" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1816">1816</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1817" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1817">1817</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1818" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1818">1818</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1819" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1819">1819</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1820" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1820">1820</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1821" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1821">1821</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1822" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1822">1822</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1823" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1823">1823</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1824" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1824">1824</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1825" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1825">1825</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1826" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1826">1826</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1827" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1827">1827</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1828" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1828">1828</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1829" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1829">1829</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1830" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1830">1830</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1831" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1831">1831</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1832" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832">1832</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1833" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1833">1833</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1834" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1834">1834</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1835" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1835">1835</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1836" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1836">1836</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1837" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1837">1837</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1838" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1838">1838</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1839" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1839">1839</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1840" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1840">1840</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1841" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1841">1841</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1842" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1842">1842</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1843" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1843">1843</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1844" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1844">1844</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1845" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1845">1845</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1846" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1846">1846</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1847" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1847">1847</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1848" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1848">1848</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1849" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1849">1849</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1850" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1850">1850</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1851" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1851">1851</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1852" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1852">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1853" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1853">1853</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1854" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1854">1854</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1855" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1855">1855</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1856" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1856">1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1857" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1857">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1858" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1858">1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1859" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1859">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1860" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1860">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1861" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1861">1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1862" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1862">1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1863" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1863">1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1864" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1864">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1865" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1865">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1866" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1866">1866</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1867" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1867">1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1868" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1869" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1869">1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1870" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1870">1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1871" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1871">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1872" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1872">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1873" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1873">1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1874" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1874">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1875" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1875">1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1876" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1876">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1877" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1877">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1878" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1878">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1879" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1879">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1880" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1880">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1881" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1881">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1882" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1882">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1883" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1883">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1884" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1884">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1885" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1886" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1886">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1887" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1887">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1888" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1888">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1889" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1889">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1890" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1890">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1891" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1891">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1892" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1892">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1893" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1893">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1894" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1894">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1895" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1895">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1896" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1896">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1897" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1897">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1898" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1898">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1899" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1899">1899</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1900" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1900">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1901" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1901">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1902" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1902">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1903" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1903">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1904" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1904">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1905" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1905">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1906" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1906">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1907" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1907">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1908" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1908">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1909" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1909">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1910" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1910">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1911" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1911">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1912" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1912">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1913" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1913">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1914" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1914">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1915" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1915">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1916" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1916">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1917" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1917">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1918" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1919" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1919">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1920" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1920">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1921" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1921">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1922" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1922">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1923" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1923">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1924" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1924">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1925" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1925">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1926" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1926">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1927" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1927">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1928" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1928">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1929" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1929">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1930" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1930">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1931" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1931">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1932" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1932">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1933" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1933">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1934" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1934">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1935" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1935">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1936" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1936">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1937" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1937">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1938" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1938">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1939" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1939">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1940" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1940">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1941" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1941">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1942" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1942">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1943" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1943">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1944" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1944">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1945" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1945">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1946" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1946">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1947" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1947">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1948" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1948">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1949" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1949">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1950" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1951" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1951">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1952" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1952">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1953" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1953">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1954" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1954">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1955" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1955">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1956" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1956">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1957" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1957">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1958" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1958">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1959" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1959">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1960" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1960">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1961" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1961">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1962" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1962">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1963" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1963">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1964" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1964">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1965" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1965">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1966" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1966">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1967" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1967">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1968" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1968">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1969" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1969">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1970" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1970">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1971" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1971">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1972" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1972">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1973" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1973">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1974" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1974">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1975" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1975">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1976" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1976">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1977" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1977">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1978" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1978">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1979" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1979">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1980" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1980">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1981" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1981">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1982" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1982">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1983" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1984" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1984">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1985" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1985">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1986" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1986">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1987" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1987">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1988" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1988">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1989" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1989">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1990" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1990">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1991" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1991">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1992" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1992">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1993" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1993">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1994" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1994">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1995" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1995">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1996" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1996">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1997" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1998" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1998">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1999" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1999">1999</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2000" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2000">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2001" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2001">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2002" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2002">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2003" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2003">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2004" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2004">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2005" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2005">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2006" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2006">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2007" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2007">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2008" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2008">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2009" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2009">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2010" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2010">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2011" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2011">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2012" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2012">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2013" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2013">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2014" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2014">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2015" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2015">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2016" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2016">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2017" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2017">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2018" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2018">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2019" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2019">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2020" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2020">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2021" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2021">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2022" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2022">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2023" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2023">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2024" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2024">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_2025" title="List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 2025">2025</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Halsbury%27s_Statutes" title="Halsbury's Statutes">Halsbury's Statutes</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislation.gov.uk" title="Legislation.gov.uk">Legislation.gov.uk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_short_titles" title="List of short titles">Short titles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">relating to the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/European_Communities" title="European Communities">European Communities</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_relating_to_the_European_Communities_and_the_European_Union" title="Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to the European Communities and the European Union">1972 to date</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By session</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>42</i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_42nd_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 42nd Parliament of the United Kingdom">1</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_42nd_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 42nd Parliament of the United Kingdom">2</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_42nd_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 42nd Parliament of the United Kingdom">3</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_42nd_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 42nd Parliament of the United Kingdom">4</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_42nd_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 42nd Parliament of the United Kingdom">5</a>)</li> <li><i>43</i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_43rd_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 43rd Parliament of the United Kingdom">1</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_43rd_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 43rd Parliament of the United Kingdom">2</a>)</li> <li><i>44</i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_44th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 44th Parliament of the United Kingdom">1</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_44th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 44th Parliament of the United Kingdom">2</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_44th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 44th Parliament of the United Kingdom">3</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_44th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 44th Parliament of the United Kingdom">4</a>)</li> <li><i>45</i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_45th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 45th Parliament of the United Kingdom">1</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_45th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 45th Parliament of the United Kingdom">2</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_45th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 45th Parliament of the United Kingdom">3</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_45th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 45th Parliament of the United Kingdom">4</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_46th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 46th Parliament of the United Kingdom">46</a></i></li> <li><i>47</i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_47th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 47th Parliament of the United Kingdom">1</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_47th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 47th Parliament of the United Kingdom">2</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_47th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 47th Parliament of the United Kingdom">3</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_47th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 47th Parliament of the United Kingdom">4</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_47th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 47th Parliament of the United Kingdom">5</a>)</li> <li><i>48</i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_48th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom">1</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_48th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom">2</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_48th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom">3</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_48th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom">4</a>)</li> <li><i>49</i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_49th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom">1</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_49th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom">2</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_49th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom">3</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_49th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom">4</a>)</li> <li><i>50</i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_50th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom">1</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_50th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom">2</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_50th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom">3</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_50th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom">4</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_50th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom">5</a>)</li> <li><i>51</i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_51st_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom">1</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_51st_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom">2</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_51st_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom">3</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_51st_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom">4</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_51st_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom">5</a>)</li> <li><i>52</i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_52nd_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 52nd Parliament of the United Kingdom">1</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_52nd_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 52nd Parliament of the United Kingdom">2</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_52nd_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 52nd Parliament of the United Kingdom">3</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_52nd_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 52nd Parliament of the United Kingdom">4</a>)</li> <li><i>53</i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_53rd_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 53rd Parliament of the United Kingdom">1</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_53rd_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 53rd Parliament of the United Kingdom">2</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_53rd_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 53rd Parliament of the United Kingdom">3</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_53rd_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 53rd Parliament of the United Kingdom">4</a>)</li> <li><i>54</i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_54th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom">1</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_54th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom">2</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_54th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom">3</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_54th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom">4</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_5th_session_of_the_54th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 5th session of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom">5</a>)</li> <li><i>55</i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_55th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom">1</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_55th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom">2</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_55th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom">3</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_55th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom">4</a>)</li> <li><i>56</i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_56th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom">1</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_56th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom">2</a>)</li> <li><i>57</i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_57th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom">1</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_57th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom">2</a>)</li> <li><i>58</i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_58th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom">1</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_2nd_session_of_the_58th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 2nd session of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom">2</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_58th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 3rd session of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom">3</a>·<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_4th_session_of_the_58th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 4th session of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom">4</a>)</li> <li><i>59</i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_1st_session_of_the_59th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of acts of the 1st session of the 59th Parliament of the United Kingdom">1</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a> measures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Church_of_England_measures" title="List of Church of England measures">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_England_Assembly_(Powers)_Act_1919" title="Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919">Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legislation of <a href="/wiki/Devolution" title="Devolution">devolved</a> institutions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Parliament of Northern Ireland">Parliament of Northern Ireland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Northern_Ireland#Legislation_passed" title="List of acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland">List</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly_(1973)" title="Northern Ireland Assembly (1973)">Northern Ireland Assembly (1973)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly_(1973)" title="Northern Ireland Assembly (1973)">List</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_1999" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 1999">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2000" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2000">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2001" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2001">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2002" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2002">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2003" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2003">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2004" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2004">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2005" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2005">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2006" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2006">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2007" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2007">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2008" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2008">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2009" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2009">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2010" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2010">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2011" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2011">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2012" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2012">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2013" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2013">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2014" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2014">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2015" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2015">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2016" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2016">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2017" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2017">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2018" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2018">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2019" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2019">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2020" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2020">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2021" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2021">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2022" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2022">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2023" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2023">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2023" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2023">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Scottish_Parliament_from_2024" title="List of acts of the Scottish Parliament from 2024">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Senedd_Cymru" class="mw-redirect" title="Senedd Cymru">Senedd Cymru</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_measures_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales_from_2008" title="List of measures of the National Assembly for Wales from 2008">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_measures_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales_from_2009" title="List of measures of the National Assembly for Wales from 2009">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_measures_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales_from_2010" title="List of measures of the National Assembly for Wales from 2010">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_measures_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales_from_2011" title="List of measures of the National Assembly for Wales from 2011">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales_from_2012" title="List of acts of the National Assembly for Wales from 2012">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales_from_2013" title="List of acts of the National Assembly for Wales from 2013">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales_from_2014" title="List of acts of the National Assembly for Wales from 2014">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales_from_2015" title="List of acts of the National Assembly for Wales from 2015">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales_from_2016" title="List of acts of the National Assembly for Wales from 2016">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales_from_2017" title="List of acts of the National Assembly for Wales from 2017">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales_from_2018" title="List of acts of the National Assembly for Wales from 2018">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales_from_2019" title="List of acts of the National Assembly for Wales from 2019">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales_and_acts_of_Senedd_Cymru_from_2020" title="List of acts of the National Assembly for Wales and acts of Senedd Cymru from 2020">2020</a></li> <li><a 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