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 III. The Parliaments of the Dominions

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562 PARLIAMENTS OF THE DOMINIONS [part 11 times expressed, that there can be no taxation without representation. ‘The attention of the Legislative Council is invited to the opinion given in 1872 by the Attorney-General and Solicitor- General of England (Sir J. D. Coleridge and Sir G. Jessel) when the question of the right of the Legislative Council of New Zealand to amend a Money Bill was formally sub- mitted to them by the Legislature of that Colony. The Constitution Act of New Zealand (15 & 16 Viet, c. 72) provides that Money Bills must be recommended by the Governor to the House of Representatives, but does not formally deny to the Legislative Council (which is nominated by the Crown) the right to amend such Bills. The Law Officers were nevertheless of opinion that the Council were not constitutionally justified in amending a Money Bill, and they stated that this conclusion did not depend upon, and was not affected by the circumstance that by an Act of Parliament the two Houses of the Legislature had conferred upon themselves the privileges of the House of Commons so far as they were consistent with the Constitution Act of the Colony. ‘The Legislative Assembly believe that no instance can be found in the history of constitutional government in which a nominated Council have attempted to amend an Appropriation Bill. Questions have often arisen whether a particular Bill which it was proposed to amend properly fell within the category of Money Bills. But the very fact of such a question having arisen shows that the principle for which the Legislative Assembly are now contending has been taken as admitted. ‘The Legislative Assembly maintain, and have always maintained, that (in the words of the resolution of the House of Commons of 3rd July 1678) all aids and supplies to Her Majesty in Parliament are the sole gift of this House, and that it is their undoubted and sole right to direct, limit, and appoint, in Bills of aid and supply, the ends, purposes, considerations, conditions, limitations, and qualifications of such grants, which ought not to be changed or altered by the Legislative Council. ‘For these reasons it is manifestly impossible for the Legislative Assembly to agree to the amendments of the Legislative Council in this Bill. The ordinary course to adopt under these circumstances would be to lay the Bil} aside. The Legislative Assembly have, however, refrained from taking this extreme course at present, in the belief

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