Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 1)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

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Identifikator:: 1896934455

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-236504

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 1

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: LI, 568 Seiten

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part III. The Parliaments of the Dominions

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434 PARLIAMENTS OF THE DOMINIONS [PART II suspended to secure its re-introduction and passing through the House, only to be rejected by the Legislative Council. Reservation of such Bills required by the Constitution was abolished by the Australian States Constitution Act, 1907. In the case of Victoria! absolute majorities are also required on the second and third readings in each House of Bills for constitutional alterations in the Houses under the Act of 1855. Even in the case of Western Australia 2 pro- visions were inserted in the local Act which provided that no change in the constitution of the Legislative Council or the Legislative Assembly could be effected unless the second and third readings of the Bill were passed with the con- currence of an absolute majority of the whole number of the members for the time being of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly respectively. Moreover, it was required that there should be reserved by the Governor for the signification of the royal pleasure every Bill which so provided for the election of the Legislative Council before the date fixed by Part III of the Act in question, and every Bill which interfered with the operation of s. 59 (dealing with the Civil List), s. 70 (dealing with the appropriation for aborigines), s. 71 (dealing with compensation to officers who lost office on political grounds), and s. 72 (dealing with charges on the consolidated funds which secured certain rights to ex-civil servants), and Schedules B, C, and D {comprising the Civil List, the grant for aborigines, and the political pensions), and the section itself. The rules as to reservation disappeared in 1907.3 These provisions as to majorities, and as to procedure on re- servation are still valid, and the inconvenience caused in the latter case may be illustrated by the fact that an Act of 1897 '61 Vict. No. 7) passed in Western Australia, to alter the posi- 18 & 19 Viet. c. 55, sched. s. 60. The reservation also provided for in she Act disappeared under the Imperial Act of 1907. ' 53 & 54 Vict. ¢. 26, sched. s. 73. " The Redistribution of Seats Act No. 6 of 1911 actually includes a clause providing that it cannot be changed save by absolute majorities in both Houses.

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