EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY
First, a few words about executive authority.
Certain powers are reserved to the Queen or the Secretary of State by Order in Council or Letters Patent, by Royal Instructions, or sometimes by laws passed by Colonial Legislatures.
These, however, are few. The Governor is the local head of die Executive and he is expected to act in accordance with any instructions which he may receive from the Secretary of State. But control of this kind is not available when action does not depend upon the Governor himself. He cannot insist upon the carrying out of United Kingdom policy where the local Executive are in a position under the constitution to assert their will and the Governor has no reserved power to override them; or where the matter at issue is not of sufficient importance to justify the use of the reserved power. Moreover, certain executive functions are conferred by statute, not upon the Governor or Governor in Council, but on statutory bodies or other authorities who are not obliged to carry out the Governor’s orders.
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