The first enactment of the New Zealand parliament (General Assembly), created by the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, was the English Laws Act 1854, which established the applicability of all English laws in effect 14 January 1840, to New Zealand. The New Zealand Constitution Act 1846 was never implemented and was suspended.

This is a list of acts of the New Zealand Parliament for the period up to and including part of the first year of the Liberal Government of New Zealand.

1840s

1841

County Courts Act Courts of Requests Act Customs Act Amended: 1844/46/1914/20/21/22/23/24/26/27/29/59/65/67/68/70/71/72/73/76/81/82/85/86/87/88/89/90/91/92/94/95/96 Distillation Act Amended: 1918/58/59/61/86 Repealed: 1844 Juries Act Amended: 1844/1951/57/59/60/61/62/63/66/67/68/74/75/76/79/82/85/94/2000/01 Land Registration Act Amended: 1852 Local and Personal Ordinances Act New South Wales Act 4 Vict No 7 Repealed Act New South Wales Laws Adopted Act New Zealand Banking Company Act Police Magistrates Act Sessions Courts Act Supreme Court Act Amended: 1846/48/66

1842

Auctioneers Act Amended: 1844/1910/15/57/64/77 Cattle Trespass Act Amended: 1844 Repealed: 1846 Churches and Chapels Act Conveyancing Act Amended: 1844 Copyright Act Amended: 1924/67/71/85/86/89/90/96/97/99/2005 Harbours Act Amended: 1844/1908/10/12/13/14/21/22/25/33/48/52/56/57/59/61/62/63/64/65/66/67/68/69/70/71/74/75/77/80/81/83/88/89/90/93/94 Land Claims Act Amended: 1844 Licensing Act Amended: 1844/51/54/1910/14/18/20/33/48/49/52/53/55/56/57/58/59/60/61/63/74/80/81 Marriage Validation Act Municipal Corporations Act Amended: 1902/03/06/10/13/14/15/21/23/28/38/48/50/51/53/56/57/58/59/60/61/62/63/64/66/68/69/70/71/72/74/75/76/77 New South Wales Laws Repealed Act Postage Act Raupo Houses Ordinance Summary Proceedings Act Amended: 1844/1961/63/64/67/68/69/70/73/74/75/76/78/79/80/81/82/85/86/87/89/91/92/93/94/95/96/98/99/2000/03/04/06

1844

Appropriation Act Debentures Act Dog Nuisance Act German Settlers Naturalization Act Imprisonment for Debt Act Land Claimants Estates Act Native Exemption Act Native Trust Act Property Rate Act Repealed: 1845 Supreme Court Rules Act Union Bank of Australia Act Unsworn Testimony Act Plus nine acts amended and one act repealed.

1845

Arms Importation Act Crown Grants Act Amended: 1867/70/1955/65/72/79 English Acts Act Fines for Assaults Act Militia Act Naturalization Act New Munster Ordinances Act Public Roads and Works Act Supplementary Appropriation Act Plus one act repealed.

1846

Arms Act Amended: 1921/30/34/62/64/66/68/71/74/76/85/87/89/92/99/2000 Constabulary Act Coroners Act Amended: 1908/20/30/45/54/56/59/70/76/96/2003/04 Destitute Persons Act Amended: 1915/26/30/51/53/55/63 Fees on Crown Grants Act Lunatics Act Native Land Purchase Act Prisons Act Amended: 1912/19 Resident Magistrates Courts Act Sessions of the Peace Act Sheriffs Office Act Weights and Measures Act Amended: 1904/22/33/68/69/71/72/76/77/80/91/99/2000/01/05 Plus three acts amended and two acts repealed.

1847

Debentures Security Act Education Act Amended: 1908/10/12/13/15/19/20/21/24/26/32/36/38/47/48/49/50/52/53/54/55/57/58/59/60/61/62/63/64/65/66/67/68/69/70/71/72/74/75/76/77/78/79/81/82/83/85/86/87/89/90/91/92/93/94/96/98/99/2000/06/07 Fencing Act Amended: 1922/53/55/79 Footpaths Act Gunpowder Act Impounding Act Amended: 1908/63/68/80 Indemnity Act Marriage Act Amended: 1851/1912/15/19/20/26/27/29/33/46/51/59/66/70/76/78/82/85/86/91/93/94/99/2005 Native Force Act Paper Currency Act Amended: 1851 Registration Act (New Zealand) Sales of Spirits to Natives Act Savings Banks Act Slaughter-Houses Act Thomas Walker Nene's Annuity Act

1848

Provincial Councils Act Plus one act amended

1849

Constabulary Force Act Country Roads Act Crown Lands Act Amended: 1851 Crown Titles Act Empowering Act Entire Animal Act Medical Practitioners Act Amended: 1924/49/51/54/57/62/64/67/70/72/73/77/78/79/80/82/83/86/87/94/99 Pensions Act Amended: 1914/24/25/32/36/37 Scab Act Summary Ejectment Act Town Roads and Streets Act

1850s

1851 Bank Charters Act Amended: 1853 Building and Land Societies Act Amended: 1865/69 Census Act Debtors Writ of Arrest Act Duties of Customs Act Interpretation Act Amended: 2005 Land Fund Appropriation Act Municipal Elective Franchise Act New Zealand Company's Land Claimants Act Plus six acts amended

1853 Supreme Court Practitioners Act

1854 Dower Act Law Practitioners Act Amended: 1913/15/20/21/29/30/35/52/53/57/61/62/63/64/65/67/68/69/70/74/75/76/81/85/87/88/91/93/94/95/99 Nelson Trust Funds Act Amended: 1856/63 Powers of Attorney Act Provincial Waste Lands Act Public Reserves Act Amended: 1862 Secondary Punishment Act Waste Lands Act Plus two acts amended

1856 Auckland Hospital and Grammar School Reserves Act Bank Paper Currency Act Bills of Sale Registration Act Amended: 1862 Counties Act Amended: 1908/10/13/15/19/21/25/27/29/31/34/49/52/54/55/56/57/58/59/60/61/62/63/64/65/66/67/68/69/70/71/72/74/75/76/77 Customs Duties Act Amended: 1900/09 Friendly Societies Act Amended: 1911/14/15/22/48/49/53/54/57/59/61/62/63/64/68/70/72/73/75/77 Governor's Salary Act Land Claims Settlement Act Land Orders and Scrip Act Local Posts Act Magistrates Indemnity Act Nelson Wesleyan Chapel Sale Act New Zealand Colonial Bank of Issue Winding-Up Act New Zealand Debenture Act New Zealand Loan Act New Zealand Native Reserves Act Privileges Act Provincial Laws Act Public Offices Act Religious Charitable and Educational Trusts Act Resident Magistrates' Courts Extension of Jurisdiction Act Scotch Law Practitioners Act Superintendents Deputy Act Supreme Court Procedure Act The Provincial Councils Powers Act Plus six acts amended

1858 Absent Debtors Act Absent Defendants Act Appropriation Act 1858 No 1 Act Appropriation Act 1858 No 2 Act Auckland Improvement Act Amended: 1875 Auckland Reserves Act Auckland Roman Catholic Endowments Sales Act Audit Act Australasian Creditors Act Bankers' Draft Act Bankers' Returns Act Bay of Islands Settlement Act Bishop of New Zealand's Trusts Act Boundaries of Provinces Act Canterbury Association Land Orders Act Civil List Act Amended: 1915/36/54/55/57/61/64/65/70/71/72/73/75/77/83/85/87 Civil Service Superannuation Act Corrupt Practices Prevention Act Amended: 1895 Crown Costs Act Crown Grants Correction Act Definition of Districts Act Disqualification Act District Courts Act Amended: 1979/80/81/82/83/85/86/87/88/89/91/92/94/95/96/98/99/2001/02/03/04/05/06/07 Election Petitions Act Electoral Districts Act English Laws Act Execution of Criminals Act Foreign Seamen's Act Gaolers Act Gold Duty Act Amended: 1909/12 Gold Fields Act Highways and Watercourses Diversion Act Interpretation 001 Act Interpretation 002 Act Justices of the Peace Act 1858 Amended: 1908/10/12/23/26/46/48/52/55/2007 Land Claims Settlement Extension Act Land Revenue Appropriation Act Martin's Annuity Act Merchant Shipping Act Native Circuit Courts Act Amended: 1862 Native Districts Regulation Act Amended: 1862 Native Schools Act Native Territorial Rights Act Nelson College Act Amended: 1954 Nelson College Trust Act New Provinces Act Ordinary Revenue Act Pensioner Villages Sale of Reserves Act Petty Sessions Act Post Office Act Amended: 1960/61/62/63/64/65/66/67/68/69/70/71/72/73/74/75/77/78/80/81/82/83/85 Provincial Elections Act Provincial Lawsuits Act Provincial Reserved Bills Act Public Debt Apportionment Act Qualification of Electors Act Registration of Electors Act Regulation of Elections Act Amended: 1863 Resident Magistrates' Courts Act Sheriffs Act Special Partnerships Act Supreme Court Judges Act Surplus Revenues Act The Elections Writs Act The Law Practitioners' Act The Province of Taranaki Act Unstamped Instruments Act Wool and Oil Securities Act Plus five acts amended

1860s

1860 Anderson Pipe Patent Act Auckland Harbour Debenture Act Auckland Waterworks Act Barristers and Solicitors Admission Act Foreign Seamen Act Fraudulent Trustees Act Half-caste Disability Removal Act Joint Stock Companies Act Amended: 1869 Land for compensation Nelson and Marlborough Act Land Registry Act Amended: 1861 Loan Expenditure Confirmation Act Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway Act Married Women's Property Protection Act Miners' Franchise Act Native Council Act Naval and Military Settlers Act Nelson and Marlborough Public Debt Apportionment Act Nelson Rowan Catholic Endowments Sale Act Nelson Wesleyan Schoolmaster's Land Sale Act Official Documents Evidence Act Patents Act 1860 Amended: 1972/76/92/94/96/99/2002 Private Bills Evidence Act Public Domains Act Purchas and Ninnis Flax Patent Act Real Estate Administration Act Remission of Penalties Act Representation Act Summary Proceedings Improvement Act Taranaki Settlers' Relief Act The Indemnity Act Trade and Commerce Act Wellington Hawke's Bay and Taranaki Land Regulations Act Plus seven acts amended

1861 Advances to Agents Act Arms Act Continuance Act Auckland Immigration Certificate Act Auckland Representation Act Balneavis Remission Act Bank of New South Wales Act Amended: 1951 Bank of New Zealand Act Amended: 1986/89 Canterbury and Otago Boundary Act Canterbury and Otago Boundary Act No 2 Act Commissioners Powers Act Diseased Cattle Act Dun Mountain Railway Act Hawke's Bay Naval and Military Settlers Act Intestate Natives Succession Act Lost Land Orders Act Naval and Military Settlers' Marlborough Act Official Administrators Act Otago and Southland Public Debt Apportionment Act Parliamentary Costs Taxation Act Pensioners Claims Act Picton Railway Act Protection of certain Animals Act Provincial Audit Act Standing Orders for Private Bills Act Survey Correction Act Plus 16 acts amended

1862 Birds Protection Act Colonial Defence Force Act Commencement of Acts Act Court of Appeal Act Crown Grants No 1 Act Debtors and Creditors Act Marine Boards Act Military Supplies Customs Act Miner's Representation Act Native Lands Act Native Purposes Appropriation Act Panama Route Act Resident Magistrates' Jurisdiction Extension Act Steam Navigation Act Summary Procedure on Bills Act The Crown Grants Act No 2 1862 Act The Delegations Continuance Act The Sale for Non-payment for Rates Act Trustees' Relief Act Plus 13 acts amended

1863 Auckland And Drury Railway Act Bank of Otago Limited Act Bluff Harbour and Invercargill Railway and Extension Act Enquiry into Wrecks Act Foreign Offenders Apprehension Act Lands Clauses Consolidation Act Loan Appropriation Act Nelson College Trust Lands Act Nelson Waste Lands Act New Zealand Settlements Act Amended: 1865 Otago Waste Lands No 1 Act Otago Waste Lands No 2 Act Provincial Compulsory Land Taking Act Provincial Councils Powers Extension Act Southland Waste Lands Act Amended: 1867 Stewart's Island Annexation Act Superintendents Incorporation Act Suppression of Rebellion Act Tikokino Reserve Act Vaccination Act Wellington and Hawke's Bay Naval and Military Settlers Act Wellington Patent Slip Act Plus 14 acts amended and one act repealed.

1864 Albert Hall Act Bank of Auckland Act Canterbury Great Northern Railway Act Canterbury Great Southern Railway Act Canterbury Waste Lands Act Coupons Act Dunedin Water Works Act New Customs Duties Act Panama Mail Service Act Public Works Lands Act The Arms Act Continuance Act The Fourth Session of the Third Parliament of New Zealand Act The Rate of Interest Act