List of statutes of New Zealand (1975–1984)

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

1970s

1976 [1]

• Alcoholic Liquor Advisory Council Act [2] Amended: 1977/78/79/86/87/89
• Christchurch Town Hall Board of Management Act [3]
• District Grand Lodges of English Freemasons of New Zealand Trustees Act [4]
• Energy Resources Levy Act [5] Amended: 1978/83
• Foreign Travel Tax Act [6]
• Income Tax Act [7] Amended: 1977/78/79/80/81/82/83/84/85/86/87/88/89/90/91/92/93/94/98/99/2005
• International Energy Agreement Act [8]
• Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Act [9] Amended: 1980/82/94/96/99
• Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act [10] Amended: 1980/85/86/88/92/93/99
• Poultry Board Act [11] Amended: 1978/87
• Small Claims Tribunals Act [12] Amended: 1979/85
• Stewart Island Reserves Empowering Act [13]
• Superannuation Schemes Act [14] Amended: 1982/87/90/92/94/96/98/2001/04
• Wanganui Computer Centre Act [15] Amended: 1977/79/80/83/85/86/89
• Wine Makers Levy Act [16] Amended: 1987

Plus 143 acts amended

1977 [17]

• Bay of Plenty Catchment Commission and Regional Water Board Administrative Expenses Re Act [18]
• Bay of Plenty Harbour Board Empowering Act [19]
• Building Performance Guarantee Corporation Act [20]
• Chateau Companies Act [21]
• Citizenship Act [22] Amended: 1979/85/92/2000/01/02/05
• Commonwealth Countries Act [23]
• Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act 1977 [24] Amended: 1978/90
• Contractual Mistakes Act [25] Amended: 1985/2002
• Fishing Vessel Ownership Savings Act [26] Amended: 1980/83/84/87
• Government Superannuation Fund Act [27] Amended: 1976/78/79/80/85/86/87/88/89/90/91/92/95/97/99/2001/03/05
• Hawke's Bay Catchment Board Empowering Act [28]
• Higher Salaries Commission Act [29] Amended: 1980/82/83/85/87/88/89/92
• Human Rights Commission Act [30] Amended: 1981/82/83/85/91/92/93
• Insurance Law Reform Act [31]
• Joint Council for Local Authorities Services Act [32] Amended: 1978/88
• Ministry of Energy Act [33] Amended: 1981/83/85/87/88/89
• Motueka Borough Reclamation Act [34]
• New Zealand Planning Act [35] Amended: 1987
• Potato Industry Act [36] Amended: 1981/87
• Public Finance Act [37] Amended: 1980/81/82/83/86/87/90/91/92/94/99/2000/04
• Queen Elizabeth the Second National Trust Act [38] Amended: 1983/87/88/91/96/2003
• Reserves Act 1977 [39] Amended: 1978/79/80/81/83/85/88/92/93/94/96/2005
• Road User Charges Act [40] Amended: 1979/80/81/82/84/86/88/89/92/95/97/2002
• Rotorua County Council Empowering Act [41]
• Safety of Children's Night Clothes Act [42]
• Seal of New Zealand Act [43]
• Securities Transfer Act [44] Amended: 1987/2007
• Seddon Shield Districts Trotting Jackpot Empowering Act [45]
• Shop Trading Hours Act [46] Amended: 1978/79/80/82/89
• Southland Harbour Board Reclamation and Empowering Act [47]
• State Services Conditions of Employment Act [48] Amended: 1978/79/80/81/82/83/85/87
• Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone Act [49] Amended: 1980/85/96
• Town and Country Planning Act 1977
• Wild Animal Control Act 1977 [50] Amended: 1978/79/82/85/94/97/99

Plus 135 acts amended and one act repealed.

1978 [51]

• Auckland Electric Power Board Act [52] Amended: 1958/63/69/75/79/81
• Christchurch-Lyttelton Road Tunnel Authority Dissolution Act [53]
• Co-operative Forestry Companies Act [54]
• Customs Order Confirmation Act [55]
• Heavy Engineering Research Levy Act [56] Amended: 1986/87/96
• Hive Levy Act [57] Amended: 1982
• Industrial Training Levies Act [58] Amended: 1985/89
• Liquid Fuels Trust Act [59]
• Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978 [60] Amended: 1979/94
• Massage Parlours Act 1978 [61]
• Mount Egmont Vesting Act [62]
• Nelson City Forestry Empowering Act [63]
• New Zealand Council for Postgraduate Medical Education Act [64] Amended: 1988
• New Zealand Film Commission Act [65] Amended: 1980/85/88/94/99
• New Zealand National Airways Corporation Dissolution Act [66]
• New Zealand Register of Osteopaths Incorporated Act [67]
• Northland Harbour Board Empowering Act [68]
• Noxious Plants Act [69] Amended: 1981/82/88
• Securities Act [70] Amended: 1979/82/86/88/93/94/96/97/98/2000/01/02/04/06/07

Plus 116 acts amended and one act repealed.

1979 [71]

• Auckland Municipal Abattoir Livestock Auctions Empowering Act [72]
• Carriage of Goods Act [73] Amended: 1980/86/89
• Contractual Remedies Act [74] Amended: 1985/2002
• Electrical Registration Act [75] Amended: 1982
• International Departure Tax Act [76]
• National Development Act 1979 [77] Amended: 1981
• Pesticides Act [78] Amended: 1987/94
• Public Service Investment Society Management Act [79]
• Remuneration Act [80]
• Reserves and Other Land Disposal Act [81]
• Rotorua High Schools Board Empowering Act [82]
• Toxic Substances Act [83] Amended: 1983/86/88
• Vocational Awards Act [84] Amended: 1982
• Waimea County Council Empowering Act [85]

Plus 146 acts amended and two acts repealed.

1980s

1980 [86]

• Domestic Air Travel Tax Act [87]
• Family Courts Act [88] Amended: 1991/2000/04/07
• Family Proceedings Act [89] Amended: 1981/82/83/85/86/88/89/91/94/95/97/98/2000/01
• Maternity Leave and Employment Protection Act [90]
• Otago Southland Flood Relief Committee Empowering Act [91]
• Timaru Harbour Board Reclamation and Empowering Act [92]
• Urban Transport Act [93] Amended: 1982/85/88

Plus 108 acts amended and one act repealed.

1981 [94]

• Anglican Church Trusts Act [95] Amended: 1989
• Antarctic Marine Living Resources Act [96] Amended: 1999/2001/02
• Boxing and Wrestling Act [97]
• Credit Contracts Act [98] Amended: 1982/98/99
• Factories and Commercial Premises Act [99] Amended: 1983/89
• Flags, Emblems, and Names Protection Act [100] Amended: 1985/98/99/2003/05
• Food Act 1981 [101] Amended: 1985/96/2002
• Holidays Act [102] Amended: 1983/90/91/2004
• Mangere Lawn Cemetery Trustees Empowering Act [103]
• Medicines Act [104] Amended: 1985/87/89/90/92/94/99/2003/05
• Methodist Church Withells Road Cemetery Empowering Act [105]
• Music Teachers Act [106]
• New Zealand Railways Corporation Act [107] Amended: 1983/85/87/88/89/2003
• Otago Harbour Board Vesting, Reclamation, and Empowering Act [108]
• Pehiaweri Maori Church and Marae Site Vesting Act [109]
• Petroleum Demand Restraint Act [110]
• Phosphate Commission of New Zealand Act [111] Amended: 1982/86
• Psychologists Act [112] Amended: 1994/99
• Summary Offences Act [113] Amended: 1982/86/87/89/97/98/99
• Tauranga Moana Maori Trust Board Act [114]
• Thames-Coromandel District Council Ambulance Levy Act [115]
• Wine Makers Act [116] Amended: 1982/83/85/2000/03
• Winton Holdings Licensing Act [117]

Plus 115 acts amended

1982 [118]

• Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association Empowering Act [119]
• Cornwall Park Endowment and Recreation Land Act [120]
• Dog Control and Hydatids Act [121] Amended: 1983/85/88/92
• Domestic Protection Act [122] Amended: 1983/85/86/87/94
• Friendly Societies and Credit Unions Act [123] Amended: 1985/87/2004/06/07
• Gas Act [124] Amended: 1987/93/97/2000/01/03/04/06/07
• Invercargill City Council Vesting and Empowering Act [125]
• New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Act [126] Amended: 1989/2001/05
• Noise Control Act [127] Amended: 1987
• Official Information Act [128] Amended: 1983/87/89/92/93/2003
• Papa Adoption Discharge Act [129]
• Pork Industry Board Act [130] Amended: 1987/88/2001
• Quarries and Tunnels Act [131]
• Westpac Banking Corporation Act [132]

Plus 136 acts amended

1983 [133]

• Administrator's Powers Act [134]
• Apprenticeship Act [135] Amended: 1985/91
• Area Health Boards Act [136] Amended: 1985/86/88/89/90/91/92
• Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority Dissolution Act [137] Amended: 1988
• Dannevirke and District Soldiers' Institute Dissolution Act [138]
• Dilworth Trustees Empowering Act [139]
• Films Act [140] Amended: 1985/87/90
• Fisheries Act 1983 [141] Amended: 1908/12/14/23/26/36/45/48/53/56/59/62/63/64/65/67/68/69/70/71/72/74/75/77/79/80/81/82/86/90/91/92/93/94/95/2000/01/02/04
• Foreign Affairs and Overseas Service Act [142] Amended: 1986
• Forestry Rights Registration Act [143] Amended: 1993/94/95/98
• Government Life Insurance Corporation Act [144]
• Hakataramea Public Hall Trustees Empowering Act [145]
• Health Service Personnel Act [146] Amended: 1985/87
• New Zealand Forestry Council Act [147]
• Trustee Banks Act [148]

Plus 139 acts amended

1984 [149]

• The Statutes of New Zealand Act [150]
• Whangarei Refinery Expansion Project Disputes Act [151]

Plus 6 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