Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 3)

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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:: 1896935311

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-237672

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

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 3

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XII Seiten, Seiten 1102-1670

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part V. Imperial control over Dominion administration and legislation

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1320 ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION [PART V of New Zealand in the case of the Wellington Cooks and Stewards’ Union. Again, by the Army Act, 1881,2 as amended from time to time, the Imperial forces throughout the Enipire are organized and controlled ; there are given by the Act certain definite powers to Colonial Legislatures to alter the provisions of the Act as to fines, &c., to suit local conditions, and the Courts of the Colonies are empowered to deal with certain matters under the Act, while the Legislature may provide for dealing with these matters if necessary. These provisions are, of course, to be entirely distinguished from provisions relative to the local forces, which are governed within the Colony by reason of their own local Acts, which, however, are given validity outside the Colony by s. 177 of the Army Act, which expressly provides that the Army Act shall apply to such forces even outside the Colony only when the local Act is silent. It has now, however, been arranged that the rule is to be that local legislation provides that when the troops of a Colony are acting outside the Colony with Imperial troops the Army Act shall apply ; but this is not extended to cover cases where the troops would be acting inside the Colony along with Imperial troops. This rule is embodied in Aus- tralian and New Zealand Defence Acts, No. 15 and 28 of 1909.3 In the case of the navy the Colonial Defence Acts, 1865 and 1909, allow the Crown to accept ships and men offered by Colonies and to use them for naval service. The Act of 1865 gives power to apply the naval regulations to men serving on these vessels when they have been accepted for service. The Act has never been much used, for the local forces of the Australian Colonies were only in part ever raised or put under its provisions, and a domestic fleet was maintained under the ordinary power of the Colonies to legislate for peace, order, and good government. The Act itself disclaims any inter- ference with the general power of the Colonies, and the Dominions have full power to legislate on defence indepen- ' 26 N. Z. L. R. 394. ® 44 & 45 Vict. c. 58. See Part V, chap. x; 9 Edw. VIL. c. 3,88. 8, 9. Parl, Pap., H. L. 125, 1884-5: 9 Edw. VIL c. 19.

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