LOCAL LEGISLATION.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 July 1923, Page 5

LOCAL LEGISLATION.

A NEW SYSTEM PROPOSED. BILL IN PARLIAMENT. (By Wire—Parliamentary Reporter.) Wellington, Last Night. The abuse of the Wasbing-up Bill procedure, so common at the end of every session, hae led to the introduction of the Local Legislation Bill, whiok was read a first time in the House to, day. Under the Bill the Government pro. poses 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 for Internal Affairs for consideration by th» Government, and no such proposal may be submitted after the expiration of two months from the commencement of s session. If the Minister is satisfied that the proposal is one which should properly be submitted to Parliament, he publishes in the Gazette a notice to that effect, together with a copy of tX» clause, thus enabling all persons locally interested in the proposed legislation to become acquainted with the proposal! for a sufficient time before Parliament deals with the subject, and aUo enabling objectors to present any objections for consideration by a committee of Parliament. A further object is to enSlrle the members of Parliament, and any special committee appointed by either House c,f Parliament to deal'with local leglalation, to have the exact details of the proposed legislation in their hands. Duo provision is thus made for full consideration by the departments of the Goveminent and for full notice to the pu lie before Parliament is called upon to consider the advisability or otherwise of passing the legislation.