Dear Andre

Thank you for your email of 2 February 2017 (copied below). This email is to acknowledge the receipt of your request by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) and to confirm that we are treating your request as a request for information under the Official Information Act 1982 and will get back to you as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any case within the 20 working day deadline set by that Act.

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Ministerial Coordinator
Office of the Chief Executive

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Dear Andre

 

In response to your request for information, I attach a letter from
Michael Webster, Clerk of the Executive Council.

 

 

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[1]cid:image001.png@01CED718.F89D2C00 Louise Beard

  Executive Assistant to the Secretary
of the Cabinet and Clerk of the
Executive Council

Cabinet Office

Department of the Prime Minister and
Cabinet

 

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DDI:      (04) 817 9749

 

 

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Dear Andre

Thank you for your email of 2 March, seeking clarification following our response to your Official Information Act 1982 request of 2 February 2017.

'The Laws of New Zealand', an encyclopaedic work that provides a statement of the law of New Zealand, contains the following description of 'the Crown', the last three sentences of which address your question:

"The expression 'the Crown' may refer either to the Sovereign in person or to the executive. In most constitutional discussions, it is used to refer to the latter and to the executive powers of the monarch in whose name many of the activities of government are carried on. In effect, the limitations on the powers of the Crown are now limitations on the powers of the political executive (the government). In this sense, the Crown has legal status as a corporation aggregate, embracing the state 'in all its activities'. The concept of a corporation aggregate predicates the Queen at the apex and includes all the departments of state. This concept overtook that of a corporation sole (denoting the King in person) under the greatly expanded functions of the modern state."

We hope this assists.

Kind regards

Anna Fleming
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

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Dear Andre,

Our letter of 19 April 2017 responds to your Official Information Act request and further correspondence of 4 April 2017.

Please find attached a scanned copy of this response.

Kind regards,
OIA Coordinator
Office of the Chief Executive

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