❓ A member of parliament requests details of the legal advice sought by the Minister for Electoral Affairs regarding the Electoral Distribution Repeal Bill 2001. The Minister provides a general response about seeking advice from the Solicitor General.
AnsweredQoN 286Legislative Assembly
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ELECTORAL DISTRIBUTION REPEAL BILL 2001, LEGAL ADVICE 286. Mr BARRON-SULLIVAN to the Minister for Electoral Affairs: Will the minister advise this House of the precise content of the Government’s brief to its legal advisers in this matter? Mr McGINTY
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I asked the Solicitor General for advice, as is generally done when dealing with matters of this nature. I asked him to advise what was required by law to enact legislation in this regard, and he provided me with that advice.
ELECTORAL DISTRIBUTION REPEAL BILL 2001, LEGAL ADVICE
Will the minister advise this House of the precise content of the Government’s brief to its legal advisers in this matter? Mr McGINTY replied: I asked the Solicitor General for advice, as is generally done when dealing with matters of this nature. I asked him to advise what was required by law to enact legislation in this regard, and he provided me with that advice.
Mr McGINTY replied: I asked the Solicitor General for advice, as is generally done when dealing with matters of this nature. I asked him to advise what was required by law to enact legislation in this regard, and he provided me with that advice.
I asked the Solicitor General for advice, as is generally done when dealing with matters of this nature. I asked him to advise what was required by law to enact legislation in this regard, and he provided me with that advice.
ELECTORAL DISTRIBUTION REPEAL BILL 2001, LEGAL ADVICE
Will the minister advise this House of the precise content of the Government’s brief to its legal advisers in this matter? Mr McGINTY replied: I asked the Solicitor General for advice, as is generally done when dealing with matters of this nature. I asked him to advise what was required by law to enact legislation in this regard, and he provided me with that advice.
Mr McGINTY replied: I asked the Solicitor General for advice, as is generally done when dealing with matters of this nature. I asked him to advise what was required by law to enact legislation in this regard, and he provided me with that advice.
I asked the Solicitor General for advice, as is generally done when dealing with matters of this nature. I asked him to advise what was required by law to enact legislation in this regard, and he provided me with that advice.
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