Before the railway opened, a further bill received assent, granting permission to continue the line south to Clapham Common.
As the NHS bill apparently reaches its final parliamentary stages, the government seems to be of the view that once the royal assent is granted, the political and professional furore will die down and the small print of implementation can be safely consigned to guidance and secondary legislation.
Assent is granted or refused on the advice of the Lord Chancellor.
Officially, assent is granted by the sovereign or by Lords Commissioners authorised to act by letters patent.
Its second reading in the Lords was on 22 July, and the third reading was on 28 July, following which Royal Assent was granted on 31 July.
In Commonwealth realms other than the UK, Royal Assent is granted or withheld either by the realm's sovereign or, more frequently, by the governor-general, the representative of the sovereign.
At first Royal Assent was withheld, but the following year Anne capitulated to the wishes of the Estates and assent was granted to the bill, which became the Act of Security 1704.
Aberhart immediately said that he would take personal responsibility for the legislation's constitutionality, and Bowen granted assent.
In Commonwealth realms, assent may be granted by the sovereign in person, by the governor-general in person, or by a deputy acting for the governor-general.
When the procedure created by the Royal Assent Act 1967 is followed, assent is considered granted when the presiding officers of both houses, having received the letters patent from the king or queen signifying the assent, have notified their respective house of the grant of Royal Assent.
