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New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987
1987 law making New Zealand a nuclear-free zone / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In 1987, the Fourth Labour Government passed the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament and Arms Control Act. The Act essentially declared New Zealand as a nuclear free zone. The purpose of the Act was ambitious and wide-ranging: “to establish in New Zealand a Nuclear Free Zone, to promote and encourage an active and effective contribution by New Zealand to the essential process of disarmament and international arms control”.[1]
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New Zealand Parliament | |
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Royal assent | 8 June 1987 |
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Passed | 1987 |
Status: Current legislation |