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(ii)
If a majority of the Unofficial Members of the
Executive Council support the proposals what
would be the next step? Consultation, formal
or informal, with the Unofficial Members of the
Legislative Council? By the Governor himself?
By the Unofficial Members of the Executive
Council? At a joint meeting of the Unofficial
Members of both Councils?
(iii) At some point an assessment will have to be made
of the likelihood of the Unofficial Members of the
Legislative Council accepting the proposals. We
shall have to rely upon the Governor for this.
Assuming that the assessment is favourable an
Appropriation Bill could then be drafted for
presentation to Executive Council and, with that
Council's approval, submission to Finance Committee
and introduction, if all goes well, into Legislative
Council. However, it is possible that some
Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council
might, for one reason or another, vote against
the Bill even if they had earlier indicated they
would support it. If this situation were to arise
it would then be necessary to decide whether to
proceed by use of the Governor's original and
casting vote in the Legislative Council or to
withdraw the Bill and seek authority for the
necessary Order in Council. It was no doubt
considerations of this kind that led the Governor
/to the
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