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to the tentative conclusion that if the reserved
powers have to be used it would be better to avoid
the Legislative Council altogether and to go for
the more simple Order in Council procedure.
this connection the advice we have had from the
Department's Legal Adviser is as follows
In
"If legislation is necessary for the purpose of
imposing a contribution, it could be enacted by
prerogative Order in Council made under the power
reserved by Article IX of the Letters Patent
instead of by a local Ordinance.
There is no
Parliamentary procedure for the making of such an
Order, but once it became known that such an Order
had been made, a member of Parliament might ask
a question about it or try to initiate a debate."
Sir D Trench is returning to London on Tuesday 29 June and
I have arranged provisionally for a meeting in Mr Royle's
room at 3.45 pm on that day.
9.
The Department of the Environment have just telephoned
they were unable to attend our meeting). The only point they
have is that they would like an assurance from the Governor that
under his latest proposals it will be possible to make
adjustments in the capital works programme within the limit of
£19.6 million at April 1970 prices. What they have in mind is
that it may be desired during the course of the agreement to
substitute new items for some of the items already in the
programme without affecting the total estimated cost of the
/programme
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