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An 'Administrator' ('Administrator of the Government', 'Officer Administering the Government') in the constitutional practice of some countries in the Commonwealth is a person who fulfills a role similar to that of a Governor or a Governor-General.
Usually, the office of administrator is a temporary appointment, for periods during which the governor is incapacitated, outside the territory, or otherwise unable to perform his/her duties. The process for selecting Administrators varies from country to country.
The Administrator is usually the Chief Justice of Canada. In the absence of the Chief Justice the senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada is appointed.
Links:
★ Governor General of Canada
★ Governor General's Act 1985 (Canada) at Canadian Department of Justice site
Main articles: Administrator (Australia)
In the Commonwealth of Australia, the Administrator is usually called the 'Administrator of the Commonwealth'. State Governors hold a dormant commission and by convention the longest-serving state Governor becomes Administrator.
In the states of Australia, the Administrator is usually the Chief Justice of the state's Supreme Court or the next most senior justice. In 2001, the Constitution of Queensland was amended to restore the office of Lieutenant-Governor in that state.
Links:
★ Governor-General of Australia
★
★ Role of the Administrator at the Governor-General of Australia site
Under the Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor-General of New Zealand 1986, the Chief Justice of New Zealand will be Administrator, followed by the President of the Court of Appeal, and then the Senior Judge of that same court, followed by the puisne judges of that Court in order of seniority by appointment to that Court or the High Court. The Supreme Court Act 2003 specifically left the Letters Patent unchanged, even though judges of the Supreme Court are senior to those of the Court of Appeal.
Links:
★ Governor-General of New Zealand
★ Administrators of the Government at the Governor-General of New Zealand site
★ Patent Constituting the Office of Governor -General of New Zealand
As a colony of Australia, the head of the colonial administration was called the Administrator of Papua-Guinea before independence in 1975 . The appointment was by the Governor-General of Australia on the advice of the Australian Minister of External Territories.
When Hong Kong was a British crown colony the Chief Secretary (Colonial Secretary before 1976) would be the ''Acting Governor'', followed by the Financial Secretary and the Attorney General. The practice has remained after the transfer of sovereignty to the People's Republic of China. Rotation takes place between the Chief Secretary for Administration , the Financial Secretary and the Secretary for Justice as the Acting Chief Executive.
When the Colony of Rhodesia unilaterally declared independence from the United Kingdom in 1965, the Government of Prime Minister Ian Smith ignored the Governor of Rhodesia, Sir Humphrey Gibbs, and instead appointed Deputy Prime Minister Clifford Dupont as ''Officer Administrating the Government''. Dupont remained administrator until 1970, when Rhodesia was declared a Republic, after he Dupont became President of Rhodesia; only later in 1980 was the country officially decolonised and renamed Zimbabwe.
The term Administrator is also used for a permanent officer representing the Sovereign where the appointment of a Governor would be inappropriate; it is also used for the representative of a Governor.
★ The civil Administrator Akrotiri and Dhekelia Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus is traditionally the military Commander of British Forces in the areas.
★ The Administrator of the British Indian Ocean Territoryis the junior to a ''Commissioner'' (Chagos Archipelago, notably Diego Garcia. He mandates the Commander of British Naval forces on Diego Garcia as his representative and Justice of the Peace, alongside the American Commander U.S. Navy Facility Diego Garcia
★ The two dependencies of Saint Helena, both sparsely populated Atlantic islands, are responsible in thefirst instance to the Governor of St Helena :
★
★ Ascension Island (since June 1964; )
★
★ Tristan da Cunha (since 31 Jan 1950; )
Main articles: Administrator (Australia)
★ Northern Territory: In the Northern Territory, the office of Administrator is a permanent appointment, and since the territory was granted self-government in 1978, the office of Administrator has become a largely ceremonial appointment, like that of the Governor in each State. Unlike the Governors, who are appointed by the Sovereign on advice of the Premier, the Administrator is appointed by the Governor-General on advice of the Prime Minister after consultation with the Chief Minister.
★ external territories such as Norfolk Island and Christmas Island
★ historically also on Lord Howe Island
There is no administrator in the Australian Capital Territory and the Chief Minister is elected by the Legislative Assembly.
★ Tokelau has been governed by an administrator since 1949, when it was attached to New Zealand (previously it was part of the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands)
★ WorldStatesmen click on the present state
| Contents |
| Temporary administrators |
| Canada |
| Australia |
| New Zealand |
| Papua-New Guinea |
| Hong Kong |
| Rhodesia |
| Permanent Administrators |
| United Kingdom overseas possessions |
| Australia |
| New Zealand |
| Sources and references |
Temporary administrators
Usually, the office of administrator is a temporary appointment, for periods during which the governor is incapacitated, outside the territory, or otherwise unable to perform his/her duties. The process for selecting Administrators varies from country to country.
Canada
The Administrator is usually the Chief Justice of Canada. In the absence of the Chief Justice the senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada is appointed.
Links:
★ Governor General of Canada
★ Governor General's Act 1985 (Canada) at Canadian Department of Justice site
Australia
Main articles: Administrator (Australia)
In the Commonwealth of Australia, the Administrator is usually called the 'Administrator of the Commonwealth'. State Governors hold a dormant commission and by convention the longest-serving state Governor becomes Administrator.
In the states of Australia, the Administrator is usually the Chief Justice of the state's Supreme Court or the next most senior justice. In 2001, the Constitution of Queensland was amended to restore the office of Lieutenant-Governor in that state.
Links:
★ Governor-General of Australia
★
★ Role of the Administrator at the Governor-General of Australia site
New Zealand
Under the Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor-General of New Zealand 1986, the Chief Justice of New Zealand will be Administrator, followed by the President of the Court of Appeal, and then the Senior Judge of that same court, followed by the puisne judges of that Court in order of seniority by appointment to that Court or the High Court. The Supreme Court Act 2003 specifically left the Letters Patent unchanged, even though judges of the Supreme Court are senior to those of the Court of Appeal.
Links:
★ Governor-General of New Zealand
★ Administrators of the Government at the Governor-General of New Zealand site
★ Patent Constituting the Office of Governor -General of New Zealand
Papua-New Guinea
As a colony of Australia, the head of the colonial administration was called the Administrator of Papua-Guinea before independence in 1975 . The appointment was by the Governor-General of Australia on the advice of the Australian Minister of External Territories.
Hong Kong
When Hong Kong was a British crown colony the Chief Secretary (Colonial Secretary before 1976) would be the ''Acting Governor'', followed by the Financial Secretary and the Attorney General. The practice has remained after the transfer of sovereignty to the People's Republic of China. Rotation takes place between the Chief Secretary for Administration , the Financial Secretary and the Secretary for Justice as the Acting Chief Executive.
Rhodesia
When the Colony of Rhodesia unilaterally declared independence from the United Kingdom in 1965, the Government of Prime Minister Ian Smith ignored the Governor of Rhodesia, Sir Humphrey Gibbs, and instead appointed Deputy Prime Minister Clifford Dupont as ''Officer Administrating the Government''. Dupont remained administrator until 1970, when Rhodesia was declared a Republic, after he Dupont became President of Rhodesia; only later in 1980 was the country officially decolonised and renamed Zimbabwe.
Permanent Administrators
The term Administrator is also used for a permanent officer representing the Sovereign where the appointment of a Governor would be inappropriate; it is also used for the representative of a Governor.
United Kingdom overseas possessions
★ The civil Administrator Akrotiri and Dhekelia Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus is traditionally the military Commander of British Forces in the areas.
★ The Administrator of the British Indian Ocean Territoryis the junior to a ''Commissioner'' (Chagos Archipelago, notably Diego Garcia. He mandates the Commander of British Naval forces on Diego Garcia as his representative and Justice of the Peace, alongside the American Commander U.S. Navy Facility Diego Garcia
★ The two dependencies of Saint Helena, both sparsely populated Atlantic islands, are responsible in thefirst instance to the Governor of St Helena :
★
★ Ascension Island (since June 1964; )
★
★ Tristan da Cunha (since 31 Jan 1950; )
Australia
Main articles: Administrator (Australia)
★ Northern Territory: In the Northern Territory, the office of Administrator is a permanent appointment, and since the territory was granted self-government in 1978, the office of Administrator has become a largely ceremonial appointment, like that of the Governor in each State. Unlike the Governors, who are appointed by the Sovereign on advice of the Premier, the Administrator is appointed by the Governor-General on advice of the Prime Minister after consultation with the Chief Minister.
★ external territories such as Norfolk Island and Christmas Island
★ historically also on Lord Howe Island
There is no administrator in the Australian Capital Territory and the Chief Minister is elected by the Legislative Assembly.
New Zealand
★ Tokelau has been governed by an administrator since 1949, when it was attached to New Zealand (previously it was part of the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands)
Sources and references
★ WorldStatesmen click on the present state
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