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

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

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Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

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Title:: Part I. Introductory

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70 RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT [PART I office though without support in Parliament, if they could only keep seats in Parliament. In the case of Queensland the model of New South Wales was followed in the Order in Council of June 6, 1859, and in the Constitution Act, 31 Viet. No. 38, and the same rules apply. The grant of the Crown revenues was already made, and there were no political pensions. Officers were to be appointed by the Governor in Council save in the case of political officers, who were to be appointed by the Governor alone, and minor officers, for whom similar provision was made as in New South Wales. Nothing is added to this by act of the Legislature or by the royal instructions, and the practice of responsible government rests on usage alone. The Act 60 Vict. No. 3 merely permits ministers to sit in Parlia- ment and dispenses with re-election on acceptance of office. Eight may sit, seven in the Assembly and one in the Council. In the case of South Australia, on the other hand, an effort was made to embody in the act?! some of the principles of self-government. By s. 29 of the Constitution Act, No. 2 of 1855-6, it is provided that appointments of officers are to be made by the Governor with the advice of his Executive Council, save in the case of officers who are required to be members of Parliament, the appointment or dismissal of whom is by the Act vested in the Governor alone, while minor appointments may be delegated by the Legislature or by the Governor in Council to the heads of departments or other officers. 8. 32 provides that after the first general election of the Parliament no person shall hold any of the offices of Chief Secretary, Attorney-General, Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration, and Commissioner of Public Works for any longer period than three calendar months, unless he shall be a member of the Legislative Council or House of Assembly, and the persons for the time being holding such offices shall ex officio be members of ' It refers to officers as ‘liable to loss of office by reason of their inability to become members of the said Parliament, or to command the support of a majority of the members thereof ’, a very striking case of the express affirmation of the constitutional principle, but only in a minor matter.

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