This video addresses how to deal with situation if King Charles III becomes too ill to exercise his powers and functions with respect to the United Kingdom and his Realms, such as Australia and New Zealand.
It addresses three options: the appointment of Counsellors of State; a regency; and abdication. One problem is that the powers of Counsellors of State or a Regent do not extend to the Realms, unless the law of the Realm permits that (eg the New Zealand Constitution Act which extends the powers of a UK Regent to include the King's powers with respect to New Zealand).
The video considers what problems may arise in Australia if the King is incapacitated and neither a regent nor Counsellors of State could exercise powers in relation to Australia. This would affect the ability to appoint or remove the Governor-General and State Governors. The video concludes by discussing how this problem could be fixed.
For those who want to see the more detailed constitutional arguments, see my article on 'Regency in the Realms - Dealing with an Incapacitated or under-age Monarch' in (2016) 27(3) Public Law Review 198, or the freely available version on SSRN: papers.ssrn.co....
Finally, apologies for the background noise from my neighbour's renovations. I'm so used to it now that I mentally block it out, but it might be irritating to others.
29 сен 2024