Minimum Use Of Orders-in-Council
AUCKLAND, Mon. (P.A.)—The lifting of the sales tax on household appliances, so far as he could see, would necessitate legislation, and that could not be passed until the House sat. This statement was reiterated by the Prime Minister (Mr Holland) today when it was suggested to him that certain specified classes of goods could be exempted by Ct der-in-Council. “We want to use the Order-in-Coun-cil method of passing legislation as little as possible," Mr Holland declared.
There were, however, certain policy matters, such as pensions, which the Government wanted to get through so that those affected could, soon benefit. Because of this the Order-in-Council machinery would be used, if possible, before the House sat.
The Government wanted to use the full parliamentary legislating system on most occasions arid any steps taken through Order-in-Council would come before Parliament for sanction.
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Northern Advocate, 19 December 1949, Page 5
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