New_Zealand_Constitution_Amendment_(Request_and_Consent)_Act_1947
New Zealand Constitution Amendment (Request and Consent) Act 1947
Statute of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
The New Zealand Constitution Amendment (Request and Consent) Act 1947 (11 Geo. VI 1947 No. 44)[1] was an enactment passed by the Parliament of New Zealand requesting and consenting to the subsequent enactment by the Parliament of the United Kingdom of the New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947. The latter Act contributed to the independence of New Zealand, by granting the Parliament of New Zealand the complete ability to amend the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, an enactment of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which established the institutions of responsible government in New Zealand.