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-

Collection:: Economics Books

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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

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Collection:: Economics Books

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

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1326 ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION [PART V invalid, and so it was confirmed by no less than three Acts, one in 1862, another in 1863, and another in 1865. In 1901 2 it was found necessary to validate a series of New South Wales, Queensland, and Western Australia Acts, and in 1907 3 a final ex post facto validation was given to every Act passed by a Colonial or State Parliament if assented to by the Governor and not disallowed, or reserved and assented to by the Crown, whether or not the proper forms had in each case been adopted. In the case of Canada, an Act of 1871 removed doubts as to the validity of the Canadian Acts of 1869 and 1870 respecting the administration of the North-Western Territories and Manitoba, an Act of 1875 validated the Oaths Act of 1868 and extended the power of the Dominion Parliament to define the privileges of the Houses, and an Act of 1886 defined the powers of the Dominion Parliament as to the representation in the Parlia- ment of the territories not yet provinces. A later Act of 1907 altered the amounts of the provincial subsidies, and an Act of 1895 enabled the appointment of a Deputy-Speaker in the House of Commons.* In the case of the Commonwealth, British North America, and the Union of South Africa, Imperial legislation was essential to provide for a federation or union ; otherwise all the power of the legislatures would have been unavailing to create a federation or union. The Imperial legislation which established the Constitutions of the Australian Colonies was due to the desire to establish governments with limited powers to begin with, in place of the representative govern- ments which alone the Crown could erect, and once legislation was started it was impossible to get rid of it except by other legislation. In Newfoundland a clear sweep was made before the letters patent of 1832 were issued under the prerogative, but an Act of 1847 defined certain principles which regulate the government still. In New Zealand the establishment of t See Blackmore, Constitution of South Australia, pp. 64-8. : 1 Edw. VIL ec. 29. Cf. also 56 & 57 Vict. ¢. 72. 37 Edw. VIL c. 7. See Provincial Legislation, 1867-93, pp. 13 seq.

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