List of Statutes of New Zealand (1935–49)

This is part of a 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.

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

1937

Air Department Act
Air Force Act Amended: 1947
Army Board Act
Cawthron Institute Trust Board Rating Exemption Act
Christchurch Tramway Board Empowering Act
Greymouth Harbour Board Reconstitution Act
Iron and Steel Industry Act Amended: 1965/88
Motueka Borough Council Empowering Act
Nelson Diocesan Trust Board Empowering Act
Ngaruawahia Borough Council Empowering Act
Petroleum Act Amended: 1953/55/62/65/67/74/75/80/82/85/88
Physical Welfare and Recreation Act
Sale of Wool Act
School of Agriculture Act
Share-milking Agreements Act
Sovereign's Birthday Observance Act
Thames Valley Drainage Board Empowering Act Amended: 1979
Whangarei Airport Act

Plus 29 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

1939

Adhesive Stamps Act
Bluff Borough Empowering Act
Domestic Proceedings Act Amended: 1958/70/71/72/74/75/76/78
Emergency Regulations Act Amended: 1940/41/42/43/44/45/46/48/49/50/51/52/53/54/55/56/57/58/59/60/61/62/63
Hire-purchase Agreements Act
Legal Aid Act Amended: 1970/71/74/76/80/83/86
Meat Act Amended: 1947/53/57/61/62/63/66/68/72/73/74/75/76/78/79/80/82/83/85/87/88/91/92/99
New Zealand Library Association Act
Papanui Memorial Hall Enabling Act
Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act Amended: 2000
Rural Housing Act Amended: 1940/56/68/70
Summary Penalties Act
Visiting Forces Act Amended: 1957/61/81/97
Wages Protection and Contractors' Liens Act Amended: 1914/52/58/61
Waikato Airport Act
War Expenses Act Amended: 1942

Plus 22 Acts amended

1940s

1940

Carriage by Air Act Amended: 1961/90/96
Excess Profits Tax Act
Insurance Companies Act
Invercargill City Council Tramway Depreciation Fund Empowering Act
Mokau Harbour Act
National Savings Act Amended: 1956/59/60
Termites Act Amended: 1963/64
Waitara Borough Empowering Act
Waitara Harbour Act
War Pensions Extension Act

Plus 14 Acts amended

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 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 9 Acts amended

1942

Auckland City Housing Act
Auckland City Market Empowering Act
Homewood Trust Act Amended: 1952/79
Invercargill City Special Rate Empowering Act
Makerua Drainage Board Empowering Act
Medical Advertisements Act
Mina Tait Horton Estate Act Amended: 1955/57
Overseas Representatives Act
Women Jurors Act

Plus 10 Acts amended

1943

By-elections Postponement Act
Canterbury Jewish Cemetery Empowering Act
Commercial Gardens Registration Act
Island Territories Act
Ministry of Works Act
Morris Divorce and Marriage Validation Act
Napier Borough Empowering Act
Otaki and Porirua Trusts Act Amended: 1946/69/77
Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Act Amended: 1946/72
Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Act Amended: 1945/46/48

Plus 13 Acts amended

1944

Annual Holidays Act Amended: 1945/50/62/74/76
Auckland Metropolitan Drainage Act Amended: 1947/48/51/55/63
Carterton Borough Empowering Act
Clerks of Works Act Amended: 1961/63/66/74/76/80/87/88
Earthquake and War Damage Act Amended: 1951/64/67/79/83/85/86/87/88/91
Frustrated Contracts Act Amended: 2002
Hawke's Bay Crematorium Act Amended: 1967
Invercargill Licensing Committee Act
Invercargill Licensing Trust Act Amended: 1954/67/69/74/78/85/86/88
Lower Hutt City Empowering and Vesting Act
Milk Act Amended: 1947/51/53/55/56/58/62/70/71/73/78/80/82/87
Ngaitahu Claim Settlement Act
Petone and Lower Hutt Gas-lighting Empowering Act
Quarries Act Amended: 1951/54/61/72/73/75/77/80
Taranaki Maori Claims Settlement Act
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Act
Wool Industry Act Amended: 1950/52/61/64/66/78/81/83/88

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

1946

Dilworth Trust Board Act
Land Subdivision in Counties Act Amended: 1953/54/55/58/59
Local Government Commission Act Amended: 1962/63/64/69
Lyttelton Borough Empowering Act
Nassella Tussock Act Amended: 1948/53/59/65/68/70/72/74
New Zealand Geographic Board Act Amended: 1988
Ngaitahu Trust Board Act
South Canterbury Catchment Board Act
Stock-foods Act
Tahunanui Town Board Empowering Act
United Nations Act Amended: 1990
Veterinary Services Act Amended: 1948/54/55/59/62/79/80/81
Waikato-Maniapoto Maori Claims Settlement Act
Waimakariri Harbour Act
Wairoa Harbour Act

Plus 21 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

Apple and Pear Marketing Act Amended: 1950/51/54/59/60/62/67/68/74/77/79/80/81/82/86/87/88/93
Armed Forces Canteens Act Amended: 1956/62/67/72/88
Auckland Baptist Tabernacle Act
Auckland City Council and Auckland Harbour Board Empowering Act
British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act Amended: 1959/62/65/69/73
Bryant House Trust Board Enabling Act
Civil Aviation Act Amended: 1955/58/60/61/62/63/69/70/71/75/76/77/82/87/88/89/91/92/93/96/99/2002/04/05/07
Coal Act
Economic Stabilization Act
Gaming Poll Act
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Act
Government Service Tribunal Act Amended: 1949/50/52/55
Hutt Valley Drainage Act Amended: 1949/52/53/58/64/71/74/78
Invercargill City Gasworks and Electricity Empowering Act
Land Valuation Court Act Amended: 1956/60/61/64/65/66/67
Sutton Adoption Act
Tenancy Act Amended: 1950/53/57/58/61/64/68/77
Tokelau Islands Act Amended: 1963/67/69/70/71/74
Trades Certification Act Amended: 1972/78/82/87/88
Trustee Savings Banks Act Amended: 1956/57/58/61/62/64/66/68/69/70/72/75/76/77/78/79/82
Tuberculosis Act Amended: 1950/57/58/73
Valuers Act Amended: 1959/68/70/74/77/80/81/83/91/94/97/2005
Westport Coal Company Act

Plus 51 Acts amended and 2 Acts repealed.

1949

Auckland Harbour Development Act
Balclutha Borough Council Empowering Act
Deckston Hebrew Trust Act
Education Lands Act Amended: 1950/56/60/67/75/79/91
Fire Services Act Amended: 1952/53/56/57/58/59/61/62/63/65/66/67/68/69/70/71/74/75
George and Annie Troup Trust Act
Industrial Relations Act Amended: 1963/74/75/76/77/78/79/80/81/82/83/84/85
Licensing Trusts Act Amended: 1950/51/53/55/59/61/62/64/67/68/69/70/71/72/74/75/76/77/78/80/85/86/88
Military Training Act Amended: 1951/52/53/54/56
Military Training Poll Act
New Zealand Counties Association Act Amended: 1956/67/73/76/80
Occupational Therapy Act Amended: 1954/59/64/72/80/94/99
Physiotherapy Act Amended: 1953/61/64/69/72/74/82/94/99/2000
Radioactive Substances Act
Thames Borough Council Empowering Act
Transport Act Amended: 1950/53/54/55/58/59/60/61/63/64/65/66/67/68/69/70/71/72/73/74/75/76/77/78/79/80/82/83/84/85/86/87/88/89/90/92/95/97/2000
Whaingaroa Domain Disposal Act
Whangarei Milk Authority Empowering Act
Wool Labelling Act Amended: 1957/69/75

Plus 27 Acts amended