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It severed the last remaining ties of New Zealand to the British Parliament . The act repealed and replaced the New Zealand Constitution Act (1852) and the Statute Of Westminster and removed the ability for the British parliament to pass laws for New Zealand, a legal possibility that had remained in theory but had only been exercised one time (the New Zealand Constitution (Amendment) Act in 1947). After the 1984 Election , there was an awkward transfer of power from the outgoing 1981 National Government to the new Labour Government in the midst of a financial crisis. Outgoing Prime Minister Robert Muldoon was initially unwilling to accept instruction from the Labour Party to devalue the currency. An Official Committee on Constitutional Reform was set up by the Labour Government to review New Zealand's constitutional laws. The Constitution Act resulted from two reports by this Committee. The act came into force on 1 January 1987 . Amendments were passed in 1987 and 1999. Australia passed the Australia Act 1986 to similar effect. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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