List of statutes of New Zealand (1935–1949)

Last updated October 12, 2024

Acts of the New Zealand Parliament

Year
2017–2023 2008–2017 1999–2008 1990–1999 1984–1990 1975–1984 1972–1975 1960–1972 1957–1960 1949–1957 1935–1949 1931–1935 1928–1931 1912–1928 1891–1912 1840–1890
Parliamentary term
54 53

This is a partial list of statutes of New Zealand for the period of the First Labour Government of New Zealand up to and including part of the first year of the First National Government of New Zealand.

Contents

1930s
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940s
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
See also

1930s

1936

Agricultural Workers Act Amended: 1937/77/79/80/81/82/83/84/85/87
Ashburton Rivers Act
Chatham Islands County Council Empowering Act Amended: 1963
Employment Promotion Act
Fair Rents Act Amended: 1937/39/41/42/47
Geneva Convention Act
Industrial Efficiency Act
Law Reform Act 1936 Amended: 1955/57/96
League of Nations Sanctions Regulations Confirmation Act
Michael Connelly Appointment Validation Act
Mortgagors and Lessees Rehabilitation Act Amended: 1937/61
Political Disabilities Removal Act Amended: 1950
Prevention of Profiteering Act
Primary Products Marketing Act Amended: 1937/54/63/72/74/75/77/81/82/83/85/87/93/97
Protection of British Shipping Act
Regulations Act Amended: 1959/62/66/70
Southland Electric-power Supply Act
State Advances Corporation Act Amended: 1937/51/53/59/61/64/68/70/72
Sumner Borough Empowering Act
Taupiri Drainage and River Board Empowering Act
United Wheatgrowers Act
Whakatane Paper Mills, Limited, Water-supply Empowering Act
William George David Brown Trust Act
Wool Industry Promotion Act

Plus 33 acts amended

1938

Carter Observatory Act Amended: 1972/77/81/88
Cornwall Park Trustees Rating Exemption Act
Dunedin Drainage and Sewerage Board Empowering Act
Joint Council of the Order of St John and The New Zealand Red Cross Society In Act
King George the Fifth Memorial Fund Act
Lower Clutha River Improvement Act Amended: 1939/43
Nelson City Empowering Act
New Zealand Centennial Act
New Zealand Council of Law Reporting Act Amended: 1964/97/2006
Palmerston North City Council Empowering Act
Paritutu Centennial Park Act
Social Security Act Amended: 1939/40/41/43/45/46/47/49/50/51/53/54/55/56/57/58/59/60/61/62/63/64/66/67/68/69/70/71/72/73/74/75/76/77/78/79/80/81/82/83/84/85/86/87/88/89/90/91/92/93/94/96/97/98/2000/01/05/06/07
Stallions Act
Surveyors Act Amended: 1960/62/71/72/76
Tauranga Borough Council Empowering Act
Wellington City Housing Act

Plus 12 acts amended

1940s

1941

Auckland Centennial Memorial Park Act Amended: 1947/52/62/83
Auckland Community Welfare Centre and Auckland City Empowering Act Amended: 1948
Awatere County Empowering Act
Christchurch City Empowering and Special Rates Consolidation Act
Counties Insurance Empowering Act Amended: 1980
Kitchener Memorial Scholarship Trust Act Amended: 1983
Lower Hutt City Empowering and Rates Consolidation Act
Manaukau County Council Empowering Act
National Development Loans Act
Prolongation of Parliament Act
Rehabilitation Act (New Zealand)|Rehabilitation Act Amended: 1944/47/52/53/55/57/59/63/69/86
Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act Amended: 1946/48/52/54/57/58/59/60/61/62/63/64/65/67/68/69/70/71/72/73/77/79/80/82/83/87/88
Standards Act Amended: 1950/69/72/81/2003/06
War Damage Act Amended: 1942
Wellington Free Ambulance Act

Plus nine acts amended

1944

Plus 14 acts amended

1945

Ashburton Borough Special Rates Consolidation Act
Atomic Energy Act Amended: 1957/59
Balclutha Housing Act
Bush Workers Act Amended: 1967/78/79/81/83
Criminal Appeal Act
Diplomatic Privileges Extension Act
Electricity Act Amended: 1948/55/56/58/59/61/64/65/66/67/69/72/73/75/76/80/82/83/86/87/90/93/97/2000/01/03/04/05/06/07
Employment Act
Housing Improvement Act Amended: 1955
Invercargill City Housing Act
John Duncan McGruer Estate Act
Linen Flax Corporation Act Amended: 1956/74
Maori Social and Economic Advancement Act Amended: 1951/61
Marianne Caughey Preston Estate Act
Masterton Borough Housing Act
Minimum Wage Act Amended: 1947/49/50/51/52/68/74/87/90/91/2003/07
New Zealand Council for Educational Research Act Amended: 1976/91/2001
New Zealand National Airways Act Amended: 1948/56/57/58/60/64/65/73/75
Nurses and Midwives Act Amended: 1957/60/62/63/65/67
Standard Time Act Amended: 1956
Waimairi County Electrical Supply and Christchurch City Empowering Act
Wool Disposal Act

Plus 24 acts amended

1947

Adult Education Act
Canterbury Museum Trust Board Act
Central Waikato Electric-power Board Empowering Act
Contributory Negligence Act
Control of Prices Act Amended: 1953/56/58/69/70/71
Dairy Products Marketing Commission Act Amended: 1948/50/51/53/56/57/58/60
Emergency Regulations Continuance Act
Food and Drugs Act Amended: 1956/57/62
Forest and Rural Fires Act Amended: 1948/51/52/62/63/87/89/90/96/2000/05
International Air Services Licensing Act Amended: 1951/65
J R McKenzie Trust Act Amended: 1970
Lake Taupo Compensation Claims Act Amended: 1976
Maori Purposes Act
Masteron Licensing Trust Act
Masterton Licensing Restoration Act
Paeroa Borough Water-supply Empowering Act
Patriotic and Canteen Funds Act Amended: 1948/49/50/51/52/53/56/60/64/67/70/73/79/87/2005
Reporoa Drainage Board Empowering Act
Riverton Borough Empowering Act
Royal Titles Act
Statute of Westminster Adoption Act
Superannuation Act 1947 Amended: 1945/46/48/50/51/53/54/55/57/58/59/60/61/62/63/64/65/66/67/68/69/70/71/72/73/74
Supply Regulations Act Amended: 1948/49/50/51/52
Waerenga-a-hika Trust Act

Plus 38 acts amended

1948

Plus 51 acts amended and two acts repealed.

1949

Plus 27 acts amended

See also

The above list may not be current and will contain errors and omissions. For more accurate information try:

Walter Monro Wilson, The Practical Statutes of New Zealand, Auckland: Wayte and Batger 1867
The Knowledge Basket: Legislation NZ
New Zealand Legislation Includes some imperial and provincial acts. Only includes acts currently in force, and as amended.
Legislation Direct List of statutes from 2003 to order

New Zealand articles

Timeline Archaeology Economic history Military history Māori history Natural history Political history
Treaty of Waitangi New Zealand Wars Women's suffrage New Zealand and Antarctica Colony Dominion Independence

Physical	Biodiversity Caves Climate Climate change Earthquakes Environment Geology Islands North Island South Island Lakes Mountains Protected areas Marine reserves National parks Rivers Volcanism Water
Cities	Auckland Christchurch Dunedin Hamilton Hastings Invercargill Napier Nelson New Plymouth Palmerston North Rotorua Tauranga Wellington capital Whangārei

Constitution Elections Electoral system Political parties Voting Foreign relations Gun law Human rights Disability Intersex LGBT Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice Law enforcement Māori politics Military Monarchy Official Opposition Parliament (House of Representatives) Political funding Public sector
Government	Cabinet list Governor-General list Ministers Prime Minister list

Abortion Citizenship Crime Demographics Ethnic origins Gender inequality Education Euthanasia Gender equality Health Healthcare Homelessness Housing Immigration Irreligion Languages Māori New Zealand English New Zealand Sign Language LGBT issues Naturism People "Kiwi" Māori Women Prostitution Religion Structural discrimination Waste
Culture	Architecture Art Cinema Cuisine Literature Māori culture Media Music Performing arts Public holidays Radio Sport Symbols Television

Outline

Related Research Articles

The 2008 PartyPoker.com Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 11 September to 7 December 2008.

The 2007 PartyBets.com Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 6 September to 2 December 2007.

The 2006 Betfred Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 14 September to 3 December 2006.

The 2005 (May) Betfred Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 6 January to 8 May 2005. This was the first Premier League event to use the shot clock.

The 2005 (Dec) Betfred Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 15 September to 4 December 2005.

The 2004 Betfair Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 10 January to 14 March 2004.

The 2003 Hasseröder Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 11 January to 11 May 2003.

The 2002 Daily Star Premier League was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played from 5 January to 12 May 2002.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.