VPRS 7976 Orders-in-Council

Orders-in-Council can cover any subject. They are used to get the Governors signature on anything that needs it. Matters needing the Governors signature include Regulations and, where required by an Act, Board appointments and resignations, proclamations, government guarantees, etc. Orders-in-Council are used by the whole of Government.Treasurys Cabinet and Parliamentary Liaison Section receives a request for an Order-in-Council. This comprises a draft Order and supporting documentation. The supporting documentation is in the form of a Parliamentary Counsels memorandum for Regulations, and an Explanatory Memorandum for anything else. Resignations will include a letter of resignation addressed to the Governor.The Section prepares an Agenda Sheet for the signature of the Secretary to the Department of the Treasury. The Agenda Sheet comprises a list of Orders, by title, of all Orders being forwarded on one occasion.All the above papers are forwarded to the department of Premier and Cabinet as happens throughout government. A copy is kept at Treasury. The copies are destroyed after a few years. DPC keeps the Agenda Sheet.After approval by the Governor the Orders are returned to the Section. The Section makes a copy of the signed Order and the supporting papers, and forwards the copies to the author. The originals are kept together in a lever-arch folder.This series comprises bound and unbound orders submitted by the Treasury to the Executive Council (also constituted as the Governor-in-Council) for the Governors approval. These orders span the full range of Treasury functions and responsibilities including schedules of (staff) appointments, proclamation of relevant Acts/regulations and finance, expenditure and appropriation approvals.The Orders kept by Treasury relate only to functions administered by Treasury.

枢密令（Orders-in-Council）可涵盖任何议题，其作用是为所有需经总督签署的文件办理签署手续。需经总督签署的事项包括法规，以及若法案有相关要求时的委员会任命与辞职、公告、政府担保等。枢密令供全政府部门使用。
财政部内阁与议会联络科接收枢密令申请，申请材料包含枢密令草案及佐证文件：法规类文件的佐证文件为议会法律顾问备忘录，其他类型文件的佐证文件则为解释性备忘录。辞职相关申请需附带致总督的辞职信。
该科需为财政部部长秘书准备议程单，议程单按标题列出本次拟提交签署的所有枢密令清单。
所有上述文件将按照政府常规流程提交至总理与内阁部（DPC），财政部留存一份副本，副本于数年后销毁。总理与内阁部留存议程单。
经总督批准后，枢密令将退回至该联络科。该科将复制已签署的枢密令及佐证文件，并将副本转发给申请方，原件则统一收纳于拱形文件夹（lever-arch folder）中。
本数据集系列涵盖财政部提交至行政会议（Executive Council，亦称总督会同行政局（Governor-in-Council））以寻求总督批准的各类装订及未装订的枢密令，其覆盖范围涵盖财政部的全部职能与职责，包括（职员）任命清单、相关法案/法规的公告，以及财务、支出与拨款审批等事项。财政部留存的枢密令仅涉及财政部所管理的职能范畴。