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Article 4 Subclauses (I) and (2) of Article 76. The item relating to. subclauses (2) and (4) of Article 7 was repealed by s 5 of the Constitution Amendment (No JO) Act 1981-82 The item relating to Articles 48(2} . 49(1) and 66(1) were repealed bys 23(1)(e) of the Constitution Amendment (No 9) Act 1980-81. 218 Cqok Islands Laws CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT ACT (NO 8) 1978-79 [Repealed Act 1980-81/24] THE CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT (NO 9) ACT 1980-81 (CI) ANALYSIS Title 1 Short Title and commencement 14 Abolishing power of Governor- PART I General to make regulations for ·AMENDMENTS OF .THE Cook Islands . CONSTITUTION 15 Repeal of spent provisions 2 Interpretation 16 Schedules added 3 The Prime Minister PART II ·4 Secretary to tlle Cabinet TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 5 New Part as to tl1e Parliament of AND CONSEQUENTIAL tile Cook Islands substituted• REPEALS AND AMENDMENTS 6 Amendments consequential on 17 Parliament of tile Cook Islands provisions of section 5 18 TI1e Prime Minister 7 New Part as to the Judiciary 19 TI1e Land Court substituted · 20 The Land Appellate Court 8 New Part as to the fundamental 21 Appeals from High Court ,rights inserted 22 Acts of New Zealand Parliament 9 Revenue and expenditure of Cook and regulations in force in the Islands. Government Account Cook Islands ' 10 · Public Service Commissioner 23 Consequential repeals and 11 Exempted positions amendments 12 . Public Service Board of Appeal Schedule 13 New Part VIA inserted in Constitution 1980-81, No 24 An Act to amend the Constitution (5 June 1981) Short Title and commencement 1 (1) This Act may be cited as tile Constitution Amendment (No 9) Act 1980-81 and shall be read togetller with and deemed part of tlle Constitution of the Cook Islands as set out in the Second Schedule to the [Cook Islands Constitution Amendment Act 1965] of the Parllament of New Zealand, as amended by Acts of the Legislative Assembly (hereinafter referred to as "tlle Constitution"). (2) Subject to section 17(1) of tllis Act, this Act shall come into force on tlle date on which it is assented to by tlle High Commissioner. The words "Cook Islands Con,Ytitution Amendment Act 1965" were substituted for the words "Cook Islands Constitution Act 1964" by s 2(1) of the Constitution Amendment (No 11) Act 1982, By that section, this amendment is declared to have come into force on the date of the commencement of Amendment (No 9), PART I AMENDMENTS OF THE CONSTITUTION 2 ( 1) This subsection. amended Article (1) of the Constitution. (2) This subsection inserted a definition of "Court of Appeal" in Article 1(1) of the Constitution. Constitution 219 (3) This subsection repealed the definitions of "Land Appellate Court" and "Land Court" in Article 1(1) of the Constitution and substituted a new definition of "Legislative Assembly" or "Assembly" in that Article 1(1). (4) This subsection substituted a 11ew definition for the definition of "Minister" in