In a very few cases, the Governor-General may exercise a degree of personal
discretion, under what are known as the “reserve powers” (and
even then convention usually dictates what decision should be taken).
The most important is the appointment of a Prime Minister following an
election, or accepting the resignation of an incumbent Prime Minister.
Other reserve powers are to dismiss a Prime Minister, to force a dissolution
of Parliament, to refuse a Prime Minister’s request for an election,
and to refuse assent to legislation.
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