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Readings

Three stages of a bill. The bill is introduced at first reading and debated at second and third readings. Regulations: The administrative details of an act. They are not included in the act itself. Members of the Legislative Assembly must approve an act before it can become law, while regulations are approved by the minister and/or the department responsible for enforcing the act.


Responsible Government

A form of government in which the executive branch, or cabinet, is made up of elected representatives from the party having a majority of support in the Assembly.


Royal Assent

A ceremony in which the monarch's representative at the provincial level, the Lieutenant Governor, gives final approval to a bill.


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