What the official record says
This Act is the Oaths Modernisation Act . This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. The purpose of this Act is to— modernise and standardise the texts of certain oaths, and of one declaration, that are set out in statute: simplify the words of affirmation that are used as an alternative to swearing an oath: provide Māori versions of the modernised oaths and the declaration, and of the words of affirmation: provide a specific Parliamentary Oath for Members of Parliament: revise the text of the Citizenship oath: repeal the requirement for teachers to take an oath. In this Part, the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957 1957 No 88 is called . Section 4 of the principal Act is amended by repealing subsections (2) and (3) and substituting the following