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	Statute of Westminster 1931 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Statute of Westminster 1931 was the enactment of the United Kingdom Parliament (December 11, 1931) which established a status of legislative equality between the self-governing dominions of the British Empire and the United Kingdom.
		The Statute is sometimes referred to, especially in the former dominions, as the Treaty of Westminster, although it was not in the form of a treaty.
		The Statute gave effect to certain political resolutions passed by the Imperial Conferences of 1926 and 1930, in particular the Balfour Declaration of 1926.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Statute_of_Westminster_1931 (1222 words)

	Statute of Westminster
		The Statute of Westminster 1931 was the enactment of the United Kingdom Parliament (December 11, 1931) which established the legislative sovereignty of the self-governing Dominions of the British Empire.
		The 1931 Statute of Westminster formalised the independence of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Irish Free State, South Africa and Newfoundland except in relation to revision of the acts of parliament upon which the constitutions of Canada, Australia and New Zealand were founded.
		Adoption of the Statute was strongly opposed by conservatives in Australia, and it was not until 1942 that it was finally adopted to clarify Government war powers (the adoption was backdated to the start of World War II in September 1939).
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/statute_of_westminster (533 words)

	The Statute of Westminster (1931) - Studies on the Canadian Constitution and Canadian Federalism - Quebec History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Statute of Westminster was the last of the Imperial Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain applicable to all the Dominions.
		In it Great Britain recognized that the Dominions were "autonomous communities within the British Empire, equal in status, in no way subordinate to one another in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs, though united by a common allegiance to the Crown and freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations".
		Consequently, the Statute of Westminster granted independence to Canada except in relation to the amendment of the constitution.
	www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/federal/1931.htm (687 words)

	Documenting Democracy
		Britain's Statute of Westminster, an Act of Parliament passed in December 1931, was the legal recognition of the evolved independence of the Dominions within the British Commonwealth.
		The Statute of Westminster 1931 resolved legal issues resulting from the greater international status and autonomy achieved by the Dominions in 1919 and in the resolutions of the Imperial Conferences of the 1920s.
		The Statute enacted the agreement reached at the Imperial Conferences and uses the words of the Balfour Declaration to state the principle that the Crown was 'the symbol of the free association of the members of the British Commonwealth of Nations'.
	www.foundingdocs.gov.au /item.asp?sdID=96 (1198 words)

	Statute of Westminster -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		(1931), statute of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that effected the equality of Britain and the then dominions of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, and Newfoundland.
		The statute implemented decisions made at British imperial conferences in 1926 and 1930; the conference of 1926 in particular declared that the self-governing dominions were to be regarded as…
		Two years later the 1931 Statute of Westminster was ratified by New Zealand, making the nation fully independent within the Commonwealth of Nations.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9076683 (798 words)

	REGINA v. SIKYEA
		Statutes validity enacted by the Parliament of Canada before the Statute of Westminster, 1931, to implement a treaty properly made un- der s.
		It is suggested that its validity can now be questioned because of the Statute of Westminster and two Acts of the Parliament of Canada which have been passed since that statute became effective and which had the effect, to use counsel's words, "of reaffirming the Migrartory Birds Convention Act".
		There would seem to be no doubt that statutes which imple- ment treaties made before the Statute of Westminster, remain valid legislation even though the subject-matter of that treaty is one which falls exclusively under s.
	library.usask.ca /native/cnlc/vol06/583.html (4116 words)

	Source 2 \| Useful Notes
		This extract contains a summary of the main points of the Statute of Westminster, which was passed in 1931.
		The Statute of Westminster officially gave all of the Dominions the full power to rule themselves, although they already did this.
		The Statute of Westminster allowed the Dominions to pass any laws they wished to pass without having to consult the British Parliament.
	www.learningcurve.gov.uk /empire/usefulnotes/g3cs1s2u.htm (256 words)

	Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This Act may be cited as the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942.
		of the Imperial Act entitled the Statute of Westminster, 1931 (which Act is set out in the Schedule to this Act) are adopted and the adoption shall have effect from the third day of September, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine.
		of the Statute of Westminster, 1931, in so far as they were part of the law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory, have been repealed by section 12 of the Australia Act 1986.
	www.statusquo.org /WestminsterAct.html (1245 words)

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		The Statute of Westminster did not place any legal impediment in the way of the Imperial Parliament passing laws for the whole Empire.
		Hence the Statute of Westminster could be, and was interpreted by many authorities as not affecting the previous indivisibility of the Crown or diminishing the legal sovereignty of the Parliament which enacted it.
		on the grounds that the Statute of Westminster now provided the authority which it was said to lack in Nadan.
	www.sfu.ca /~aheard/324/Independence.html (10837 words)

	LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ADMISSION BOARD
		In accordance with the provisions of the statute, Matthew applies to a government officer for the grant of such a licence so that he may carry on that particular business activity.
		Assuming the relevant statute is a federal statute, advise Matthew of the measures which may be available to him to have the federal government officer's decision reviewed.
		The Statute of Westminster was an important step in Australia's transition from a British colony to an independent nation.
	www.law.usyd.edu.au /~library/lawx/septex97/legin197.htm (779 words)

	Canada in the Making - Constitutional History
		With the passage of the Statute of Westminster, Canada ceased to be a colony of Britain: She was a proper country in her own right.
		The Statute of Westminster was the logical end of years of change and negotiation between Britain and her Dominions (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and Newfoundland).
		Although Canada had already acted on her own in the past, the Statute of Westminster formally put external affairs under the authority of the federal government.
	www.canadiana.org /citm/themes/constitution/constitution15_e.html (1010 words)

	ozpolitics.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Following the enactment of the Statute of Westminster, they could not be exercised in respect of the Commonwealth on the advice of the British government.
		Between 1931 and 1986 we had the bizarre situation in which the federation, the Commonwealth government, was a sovereign polity that was independent of the United Kingdom while its component parts, the States, remained colonies of the United Kingdom.
		Legislative independence for the Federal parliament was largely achieved when it adopted the Statute of Westminster in 1942, backdated to the beginning of World War II in 1939.
	www.ozpolitics.info /rules/ind.htm (4950 words)

	Reference re: Seabed and subsoil of the continental shelf
		The Canadian Parliament's extraterritorial legislative competence was recognized in the Statute of Westminster, 1931 (U.K.), 22 Geo.
		Citing, inter alia, the Balfour Declaration, the Statute of Westminster, 1931 and the Terms of Union, the Attorney General of Newfoundland contends that it is and that Newfoundland acquired and retained external sovereignty sufficient to make it the beneficiary of the rights over the continental shelf recognized by international law.
		One of the amendments is that Newfoundland is to have the status of a province under the Statute of Westminster, 1931 (Term 48).
	www.admiraltylaw.com /OffshoreOil/Caselaw/HiberniaReference.HTM (11412 words)

	The Australian Constitution - Is it safe? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Statute of Westminster, 1931 (UK), assented to on 11 December 1931, was enacted by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to give effect to certain resolutions passed by Imperial Conferences held in the years 1926 and 1930.
		Before the enactment of the Statute of Westminster, the Australian Constitution could be altered in two ways: firstly, by the provisions contained in s128 of the Constitution, and secondly, by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		Additionally, the Statute of Westminster, 1931 and the Australia Act 1986 (Cth), as amended and in force from time to time, in so far as they are part of the law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory, provide additional constitutional nuances for our deliberation.
	www.statusquo.org /const_safe.htm (10996 words)

	Quebec's Constitutional Veto: The Legal and Historical Context (BP295e) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Canadian provinces were concerned, however, that this new level of Canadian independence might in some way give the federal government the power of amending the Constitution without the consent of the provinces.
		This, he felt, was implied in the preamble and also in Section 4 of the Statute where no reference whatever was made to the provinces.
		The Statute of Westminster might be of far-reaching importance and unless there were included in it a provision that the Provinces must give their consent to amendment of the British North America Act, he could not accept it.
	www.parl.gc.ca /information/library/PRBpubs/bp295-e.htm (3475 words)

	tim: Comment on Coming to America... er, Canada
		From 1867 until 1931, each law passed by the Canadian Parliament had to be formally approved by the British Parliament, and technically, although this was rarely done, any could be vetoed.
		The BNA Act (now the Constitution Act, 1867) was enacted by the British Parliament as a deliberate choice of the Fathers of Confederation(tm), who "freely, deliberately and unanimously chose to vest the formal executive authority in the Queen, 'to be administered according to the well understood principles of the British constitution'"(1).
		Although the Statute of Westminster, 1931 prevented Acts of the British Parliament from extending to "[Canada] as part of the law of [Canada]"(2), it wasn't until the Constitution Act, 1982 that anything other than an Act of British Parliament could ammend the Canadian Constitution.
	log.antiflux.org /mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=886 (844 words)

	Westminster, Statute of
		Westminster, Statute of, 1931, in British imperial history, an act of the British Parliament that gave formal recognition to the autonomy of the dominions of the British Empire and was in effect the founding charter of the British
		Westminster, Statutes of - Westminster, Statutes of, in medieval English history, legislative promulgations made by Edward I...
		Statute of Westminster, 1931: Document (The 1998 Canadian Encyclopedia)
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0851949.html (180 words)

	The Patriation of the Constitution
		The Statute of Westminster (1931) and the Second World War (1939-1945) secured Canada's independence.
		However, Canada continued to retain its links to Great Britain, since its Constitution could only be modified by the British Parliament.
		British law passed in 1931 that granted Canada full legal freedom.
	www.histori.ca /peace/page.do?pageID=258 (1082 words)

	The Statute of Westminster (1931): Canada's "Declaration of Independence"
		Both were once part of the British Empire, and both nations achieved their independence from it, but through entirely different methods.
		And to those of you who don't think all of this is possible, may I point you to the recent political debate afoot in Australia over whether to turn it from a constitutional monarchy to a republic.
		Before 1931, despite the Dominion Acts of 1867, which granted Canada limited autonomy, the British could, if it wanted to, still run Canadian affairs.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/british_history/7178 (604 words)

	Re: Without Prejudice, INTERNATIONAL LAW
		Perhaps you should notify this lawyer in Victoria, BC Canada; and, while you are at it you may as well re-write the Statute of Westminster 1931; plus, notify the United Nations that the words Without Prejudice were invented and are for the sole commerical use of Americans.
		A lawyer will often send a letter "without prejudice" in case the letter makes admissions which could later prove inconvenient to the client.
		Statute of Westminster 1931 http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=42 Section 5 WITHOUT PREJUDICE to the generality of the foregoing provisions of this Act.....
	www.talkabouttaxes.com /group/can.taxes/messages/79478.html (289 words)

	Commonwealth Realm - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		In countries with federal systems like Canada and Australia, the Queen is also represented by a Governor in each of the states of Australia and by a Lieutenant Governor in each of the provinces of Canada.
		Fourteen of the Realms are former British self-governing colonies (including the Dominions) that became independent countries either after the ratification of the Statute of Westminster in 1931, the collapse of the Federation of the West Indies in 1961, or at later dates, the latest being Saint Kitts and Nevis in 1983.
		In the latter cases not only was the monarchy abolished, but the entire Westminster system of parliamentary government as well.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Commonwealth_Realm (2621 words)

	ICL - Australia - Statute of Westminster 1931
		ICL - Australia - Statute of Westminster 1931
		Notwithstanding anything in the Interpretation Act, 1889, the expression "Colony" shall not, in any Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed after the commencement of this Act, include a Dominion or any Province or State forming a part of a Dominion.
		This Act may be cited as the Statute of Westminster, 1931.
	www.oefre.unibe.ch /law/icl/as03000_.html (872 words)

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		The statute then defines a minimum amount that each employer must expend per annum in the training of each employee and in the event of the employer failing to expend the prescribed minimum sum on training that amount becomes a debt due to the Commonwealth Government payable to the Commissioner of Taxation.
		The President of the Board is Chief Judge of the Federal Court of Australia and members of the Board are employer and employee representatives who are all appointed for a term of years.
		Under the statute decisions of the Board are to be final and conclusive”.
	www.law.usyd.edu.au /~library/lawx/mar96/aust_con.txt (1582 words)

	Major Issues Bulletin 30 - EDP English Democratic Party. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The answer is ‘Yes’ as with all Acts of Parliament though there is some such as have given full independence to our former Dominions (Statute of Westminster 1931) would in reality be ignored by the countries concerned.
		There is nothing to prevent any parliament from enacting that a particular statute shall never in any circumstances be altered or abrogated, and at certain troubled periods of history this seems to have been the intention of the legislators’ (See Dicey, Law of the Constitution, ch.1, and 1Bl.Comm.90)
		In any enlightened government, an unrepealable statute is a contradiction in terms, striking as it does at the very root of legislative theory.
	www.englishdemocraticparty.org.uk /bulletin150.html (631 words)

	The Constitution in Plain English (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Statute of Westminster (Imperial) 1931 is basic law in that it guarantees that all laws duly made by the Federal Parliament (but not the State Parliaments) are valid notwithstanding any contrary provisions in the laws of the United Kingdom.
		Sections 2 to 6 of the Statute of Westminster were applicable to all Dominions of the British Commonwealth of Nations; but s.10 declared that none of these sections would apply to a particular Dominion unless adopted by the Parliament of that Dominion.
		Parts of the Statute of Westminster that are not relevant to Australia may be indicated by ellipsis or notes in square brackets.
	www.users.bigpond.com /putland/pe.htm (12747 words)

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