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does not signify Her Majesty's Pleasure. If the OAG has obtained Her Majesty's instructions before giving his assent, notification of non-disallowance would be a mere formality but it would enable the law to take effect. In the case of a law in respect of which the power of disallowance does not exist, Her Majesty's Pleasure can be signified in any manner considered suitable having regard to the terms of the suspending clause (eg by giving instructions that the law should come into force). If the OAG were in fact to reserve the Bill, then, though his action would not be correct, The Queen's assent would nevertheless suffice to bring the law into operation.
Occasionally, however, the suspending clause has made the operation of a law dependent upon signification of Her Majesty's Pleasure not to disallow it. In that case, the Bill must not be reserved, for the power of disallowance is limited to laws assented to by the OAG. If he has reserved a Bill instead of assenting, Her Majesty could hardly be advised to signify Her Pleasure not to exercise a non-existent power of disallowance, and it would therefore appear that the law, though assented to by The Queen, could never come into operation unless the suspending clause were first repealed or amended.
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The Rule of Repugnancy Section 2 of the Colonial Laws Validity Act of 1865 lays down that a colonial law is void if it is repugnant to an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament extending to the Colony or to a law or regulation made under such an Act. Section 3 of this Act provides that a colonial law shall not be void on grounds of repugnancy to the law of England unless it is repugnant (a) to the provisions of an Act of Parliament extending to the Colony, or (b) to any Order or Regulations under such an Act or (c) having in the Colony the force and effect of such an Act.
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