ADDRESS BY SENATE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20891, 5 June 1931, Page 11

ADDRESS BY SENATE.

WATERSIDE REGULATIONS. PRESENTATION TO GOVERNOR. CANBERRA. Juno 4. The President, of the Senate, Mr. W. Kingsmill, has presented to the GovernorGeneral, Sir Isaac Isaacs, the address in relation to the waterside workers' regulations, which was passed by the Senate on May 28, asking him to disallow them. His Excellency said: "I receive the address with deep respect. I will take an early opportunity of replying to it." The address by the Senate petitions:— "That Your Excellency will be pleased to refuse .to approve during the present session of Parliament of any regulations presented to the Executive Council being the same in substance as regulations which the Senate, in the lawful exercise of its powers as defined by Parliament in the Acts Interpretation Act, 1904-1930, has in this session already disallowed. "We would respectfully point out to Your Excellency that under the Constitution of the Commonwealth tho function of legislation is a function of Parliament and not of the Executive, and (hat Parliament his delegated to the Executive a limited power of legislation, namely, the power to make regulations under an Act of the Parliament, provided such regulations arj consistent with the Act, but that Parliament, has expressly reserved to either Houso the power to disallow such regulations. "Wo would further point out that in regard to the power of legislation by the Parliament, it is the practice of Parliament as set out in May's Parliamentary Practice, thirteenth edition, pages 292 to 302, that " 'lt is a rule in both Houses, which is essential to tho due performance of their duties, that no question or bill shall be offered that is substantially the same as one on which their judgment has already been e:rpressed in the current session.' " The address contains further submissions on the matter.