New Zealand Legislation: ActsActs are laws made by Parliament |
Public Act | 1974 No 1 |
Date of assent | 6 February 1974 |
This Act is administered in the Department of Internal Affairs.
An Act to define Her Majesty's royal style and titles in relation to New Zealand
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Royal Titles Act 1953, Her Majesty, by Proclamation dated the 28th day of May 1953, adopted as the royal style and titles to be used in relation to New Zealand and to all other territories for whose foreign relations Her Government in New Zealand is responsible the style and titles set forth in that Act: And whereas it is desirable that the form of the royal style and titles to be used in relation to New Zealand and to those other territories be altered so as to reflect more clearly Her Majesty's position in relation to New Zealand and all those other territories: And whereas the proposed new style and titles, being the style and titles set forth in section 2 of this Act, retain the common element referred to in the Preamble to the Royal Titles Act 1953.