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The New Zealand Bill of Rights is the single most toothless, feeble, pointless piece of legislation I have ever read. http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public
by PostOnce 8y ago
The New Zealand Bill of Rights is the single most toothless, feeble, pointless piece of legislation I have ever read.
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1990/0109/latest/DLM225500.html http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1990/0109/latest/D...
Literally everything else overrides it, if I'm reading this right:
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Other enactments not affected
No court shall, in relation to any enactment (whether passed or made before or after the commencement of this Bill of Rights),—
(a)hold any provision of the enactment to be impliedly repealed or revoked, or to be in any way invalid or ineffective; or
(b)decline to apply any provision of the enactment—
by reason only that the provision is inconsistent with any provision of this Bill of Rights.
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So if every other law automatically overrides it, what is the point? Are they even rights at all, at that point?
We need a stronger set of rights.
- cam_l 8y agoI mean i don't disagree, but speaking as an Aussie, at least you have one..
- int_19h 8y agoWell, your Bill of Rights is just a law passed by the Parliament. As such, it can be repealed by the Parliament, if and when they feel like it. This is your parliamentary sovereignty system at work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_sovereignty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_sovereignty
- anfilt 8y agoMan that's not worth the paper it's written on then.... How is the NZ government related though... This is ISPs just deciding to block sites.