The opportunity is also being taken to amend
Clause XIV of the Royal Instructions so as to permit of
a provisional appointment being made by the Governor to
the Legislative Council whenever an unofficial member is
acting in a post the holder of which is an ex-officio
member. The existing Instructions only provide for this
being done where an official member is so acting, but the
other contingency occurs occasionally, e.g. it was recently
desired to appoint an unofficial in place of Sir H. Pollock,
who was acting as Attorney-General.
A paragraph has also been added to Clause XIII to
provide that if any Official Member of the Legislative
Council ceases to hold office in the Colony his seat in
the Council shall become vacant. At present the position
is rather obscure when an official member either retires or
is transferred to another Colony and fails to resign his
Under the new Clause XIV seat on the Legislative Council.
the Governor is empowered to make a provisional appointment
whenever the seat of either an official or unofficial
member becomes vacant, as well as on resignation, etc.
Words have also been added to Clause XIV to cover the
case
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