The New Zealand Constitution Amendment (Request and Consent) Act 1947 (11 Geo.

In 1857 the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the New Zealand Constitution (Amendment) Act 1857, which allowed the New Zealand General Assembly the ability to amend certain provisions of the Act.

[3] This was largely due to the desire of the opposition to abolish the New Zealand Legislative Council, the upper house, which was barred by the 1857 Act.

The British Parliament consented to the request by passing the New Zealand Constitution (Amendment) Act 1947.

In the 1980s, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand severed their last remaining legislative links to the United Kingdom.