Australian Constitutions Act 1842

And be it enacted that in case Her Majesty shall by any such letters patent as aforesaid establish any such new colony or colonies as aforesaid it shall be lawful for Her Majesty by any such letters patent to authorise any number of persons not less than 7 including the Governor or Lieutenant-Governor of any such new colony or colonies to constitute a Legislative Council or Legislative Councils for the same and that every such Legislative Council shall be composed of such persons as shall from time to time be named or designated by Her Majesty for that purpose and shall hold their places therein at Her Majesty’s pleasure and that it shall be lawful for such Legislative Council to make and ordain all such ordinances as may be required for the peace order and good government of any such colony as aforesaid for which such Legislative Council may be so appointed and that in the making all such ordinances the said Legislative Council shall conform to and observe all such instructions as Her Majesty with the advice of Her Privy Council shall from time to time make for their guidance therein. Provided always that no such instructions and that no such ordinances as aforesaid shall be repugnant to the law of England but consistent therewith so far as the circumstances of any such colony may admit. Provided also that all such ordinances shall be subject to Her Majesty’s confirmation or disallowance in such manner and according to such regulations as Her Majesty by any such instructions as aforesaid shall from time to time see fit to prescribe. Provided also that all instructions which shall in pursuance hereof be made by Her Majesty with the advice of Her Privy Council and that all ordinances which shall be made in pursuance hereof by any such Legislative Council of any such newly erected colony as last aforesaid shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within 1 calendar month from the date of any such instructions or from the arrival in this kingdom of the transcripts of any such ordinances if Parliament shall then be sitting or if not then within 1 calendar month from the commencement of the next ensuing session of Parliament.