In Australia, a technical issue arose with the royal assent in both 1976 and 2001. In 1976, a bill originating in the House of Representatives was mistakenly submitted to the Governor-General and assented to. However, it was later discovered that it had not been passed by each house. The error arose because two bills of the same title had originated from the house. The Governor-General revoked the first assent, before assenting to the bill which had actually passed. The same procedure was followed to correct a similar error which arose in 2001. COUNT 8
QSN1 The bill from the Australian House of Representatives was mistakenly sent and assented to by whom in 1976? ANS1 Governor-General QSN2 Why did this occur? ANS2 two bills of the same title had originated from the house QSN3 What did the Governor-General do with the first assent? ANS3 revoked the first assent QSN4 This same procedure was more recently done to fix a similar error in which year? ANS4 2001 QSN5 What was the reason a bill was accidentally assented in 1976? ANS5 two bills of the same title had originated from the house QSN6 After an accidental assention of a bill with same name in 1976, when did a similar mistaken assention occur in Australia? ANS6 2001 QSN7 What protocol was not followed in 1976 when a bill was mistakenly assented? ANS7 it had not been passed by each house QSN8 How was the case of two bills mistakenly assented corrected both in 1796 and 2001? ANS8 The Governor-General revoked the first assent, before assenting to the bill which had actually passed