In the Hokorian system, authority flows as follows:
- Constitution
- Constitutional Orders of the Koru
- Constitutional Charters established by Order
- Statutes of the Council of Officers
- Regulations made under Statutes
The Constitution is enacted by the Koru. The Constitution permits the Koru to issue Orders, which can establish Statutes.
Statutes can establish powers for laws (Statues) to be passed. Under Statutes, regulations can be made.
Constitution and Constitutional Orders
The Hokorian State is established under the Constitution. This Constitution is enacted under the sovereign authority of the Koru.
This Constitution allows the Koru to issue Constitutional Orders which can:
- Establish, amend, repeal, activate or suspend a Constitutional Charter
- Suspend any law made under a Charter
- Declare or terminate a state of emergency
- Interpret or clarify constitutional authority
- Amend or replace the Constitution itself
Constitutional Charters
Constitutional Charters act as extentions of the Constitution. They can:
- Create institutions or offices of the State and define their powers, functions and limits
- Delegate authority from the Koru
- Authorise the making of statutes (laws) and regulations, as well as their scope, force and duration
- Provide governance frameworks for specific domains
- Operate for a fixed or indefinite period, as specified
- Override all statutes and regulations beneath it
- Serve as the legal foundation for all ordinary law within its scope
For example, the Council of Officers Charter establishes the Council of Officers and allows it to pass statutes (laws) and regulations under statutes.
Alternatively, the Fundamental Rights Charter establishes the fundamental rights that every person has.
Statutes of the Council of Officers
Statutes are laws proposed by the Koru, the Council of Officers or the Representation and Oversight Board, and become law when assented to by the Koru.
The Representation and Oversight Board may also temporarily suspend a newly passed statute within two weeks of its passage.
Regulations
Regulations are detailed rules made under the authority of a statute. They may be made only where a statute expressly allows it, and they operate only within the limits of that statute.
If the statute is suspended or repealed, any regulations made under it automatically cease to have effect.