Cover image for Bills received for Assent and Attorney- General'S Reports on Legislation.
Series:
Bills received for Assent and Attorney- General'S Reports on Legislation.
Series Number:
Access:
Open
Start Date:
15 Oct 1870
End Date:
24 Dec 1901
Creating Agency:
01 Jan 1825
Series notes:
The Governor's Commission and Instructions required him to give the Royal Assent to legislation, withhold Assent, or to reserve legislation for the signification of the Crown's pleasure; the categories of legislation to which he could not assent were set out. After the introduction of responsible government it became the duty of the Attorney-General, not the Chief Justice as formerly, to give his certificate that the legislation was not repugnant to British law; these papers include such certificates, indicating whether the Governor should give or withhold such assent, or reserve the bills. There are also associated papers, such as petitions of protest against the passage of legislation. From 1888 there are Attorney-General's reports on the bills passed during any one session, explaining the purpose and history of the bills, and intended for transmission to the Secretary of State; despatches related to this series may therefore be found in GO25.

These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives
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