Information on Britain, Australia and New Zealand’s rules to restrict abuses of power by their Prime Ministers

1. Click on the images below to see Bruce M. Hicks‘ Powerpoint presentation (in Powerpoint or PDF format) on how New Zealand, Australia and Britain have written rules to restrict powers of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Queen/Governor General.

2. Click on the links below to see the full written rules in Britain, Australia and New Zealand that restrict the powers of their Prime Ministers

• UK Cabinet Manual (the written rules that restrict the powers of the UK Prime Minister and Cabinet)
• Australia Cabinet Handbook (the written rules that restrict the powers of the Australian Prime Minister and Cabinet)
• New Zealand Cabinet Manual (the written rules that restrict the powers of the New Zealand Prime Minister and Cabinet)