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-

Collection:: Economics Books

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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 I. Introductory

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*1 RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT [PART 1 § 4. NEW ZEALAND We have seen in the preceding chapter how it was found possible to create responsible government out of the repre- sentative constitution granted by the Act of 1852, without any alteration of the actual conditions of the law or even of the royal instructions regarding the composition of the Executive Council. As Sir George Grey said in his dispatch of December 8, 1854 :—1 I do not understand the opinion which some portions of this correspondence seem to convey, and which is supported by the language of your address of August 31, that legislative enactment by the General Assembly is required to bring the change into operation. In this country the recognized plan of Parliamentary Government by which ministers are responsible to Parliament and their continuance in office practically depends on the vote of the two Houses, rests on no written law, but on usage only. In carrying a similar system into effect in the North American Colonies, legislation has indeed been necessary to make a binding arrangement for the surrender by the Crown of the territorial revenue which has generally formed part of the scheme and for the establishment of a Civil List, but not for any other purpose. In New Zealand the territorial revenue has already been conceded to the Assembly, and Her Majesty's Government have no terms to propose with regard to the Civil List already established.” Unless, therefore, there are local laws in existence which would be repugnant to the new system legislation seems uncalled for except for the very simple purpose of securing their pensions to retiring officers, and if uncalled for such legislation is undesirable, because the laws so enacted would probably stand in the way of the various partial changes which it might be necessary to adopt in the details of a system in its nature liable to much modification. The Parliamentary Disqualification Act, 1878, of New Zealand took steps to disqualify officers holding appoint- ments under the Government from membership of the General Assembly, but it made an exception in the case of members of the Executive Council, provided that there were not more than ten, of whom two must be members of * Parl. Pap., H. C. 160, 1855, pp. 39 seq.

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