WASHING-UP.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2693, 11 July 1923, Page 5

WASHING-UP.

LOCAL LEGISLATION ARRANGED. (From our Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON". Last Night. The advent, of the Washing-up Bill, a procedure so common at the c nd of every session, has led to the introduction of the Local Legislation Bill, which was read a first time in the House to-day, under which the Government proposes to enforce a procedure, by which a local authority desiring specific, empowering legislation on its behalf, is required to submit its proposals in a concrete form to the Minister of Internal Affairs for consideration by the Government, and no such proposal may bc submitted after the expiration of two months from the commencement of a. session.

If the Minister.is satisfied the roposal is onp "which should properly he suhmiUed to Parliament, ho publishes in the "Gazette" a notice fo that effort, t'ogethor with a copy of the clause, thus enabling all persons locally interested in the proposed legislation to become acquainted with the proposals for a sufficient lime before Parliament deals wit'h the subject, and also enabling objectors to present any objections for consideration by a committee of Parliament.

A further object is to enable the icmbers of Parliament and any speial committee appointed by either [ouse of Parliament to deal with >calisation, and to have the exact dclils of the proposed legislation in leir hands. Due provision is thus lade for full consideration by the deartments of the Government, and for dl notice to the public, before Parament is called upon lo consider the dvi.sabilify or otherwise of passing ic legislation.