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8.1
DEFINITION
8.1.1
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LEGISLATION
8.1 -8.2
Legislation dealt with in this Chapter covers laws etc, enacted in the Dependent Territories (DTs) and legislative matters undertaken in the UK.
8.1.2
Local legislation (para 8.2) includes
8.1.3
Laws enacted by the legislatures (usually called Ordinances)
Regulations
Rules of Court
Subsidiary legislation
Some local legislation must be approved in the UK both in draft form and after enactment.
Legislative matters undertaken in the UK include
Parliamentary Bills (para 8.3)
Orders in Council (para 8.4)
Prerogative Instruments (para 8.4)
Royal Instructions, Proclamations and Charters (para 8.4)
Constitutional Instruments (para 8.5 and Chapter 6)
8.2
8.2.1
8.2.2
SUBMISSION OF LOCAL LEGISLATION TO FCO
The Officer Administering the Government (OAG) submits local legislation to the FCO in the manner prescribed in Colonial Regulation No 149. A covering report by the OAG or his Attorney- General is required.
On receipt in the FCO, action is as follows
September 1980
Documents are registered by the appropriate registry and sent to the desk officer
Desk officer sends the file to the Commonwealth legal section of the Library which takes the necessary action (para 8.2.3) and returns the file to the desk officer
Desk officer decides whether the advice of other Departments or Advisers is required and if it is obtains it (para 8.2.4)
Desk officer checks that Colonial Regulation No 149 has been complied with and that the material is complete (para 8.2.5)
Desk officer sends papers to the Department Legal Adviser (para 8.2.6 and 8.2.7)
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