Open AccessEarthquake recovery legislation: Learning from experience
Author(s) -
Sarah Kerkin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
policy quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2324-1101
pISSN - 2324-1098
DOI - 10.26686/pq.v14i1.4757
Subject(s) - legislation , government (linguistics) , law , sequence (biology) , political science , history , forensic engineering , engineering , linguistics , philosophy , biology , genetics
The Canterbury earthquake sequence sparked a series of constitutional seismic shifts whose after-effects look set to continue long after Christchurch’s regeneration is complete. At the heart of the Canterbury earthquake legislation was a Henry VIII clause that gave the executive the power to modify almost all primary legislation for a broad range of purposes related to recovery. The Henry VIII clause was supported by privative clauses shielding government decisions from judicial review.