The Act provides that after its commencement, no Imperial enactments or subordinate legislation not listed in the Schedules of the Act are part of New Zealand law. The First and Second Schedules to the Act lists the Imperial Acts which are part of New Zealand law. The Act also provides that the common law of England (including the principles and rules of
equity), so far as it was part of the laws of New Zealand immediately before the commencement of the Act, continue to be part of the laws of New Zealand. These Acts include:
Constitutional laws • A part of
Statute of Westminster 1275 (titled
Peace of the Church and the Realm Act 1275 in the United Kingdom) •
Magna Carta (only the preamble and Chapter 29 apply) • Part of the
Six Statutes involving
due process, including
Statute the Fifth (1351) and
Liberty of Subject (1354). • Habeas Corpus Acts of
1640,
1679 and
1816 •
Act of Settlement 1701 •
Bill of Rights 1688 •
Petition of Right 1628
Other laws •
Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 •
Wills Act 1837, for persons who died before 1 November 2007. The Act gives the Governor-General in Council the power to make subordinate legislation under Imperial enactments which are part of the Act. ==See also==