Order in Council

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Although the Orders are nominally made by the Queen or her representative, her assent is now normally a formality only. What actually happens is that the Lord President of the Council (or usually a cabinet minister in other countries), reads out batches of Orders-in-Council drafted by the government in front of the head of state, who, after every couple of orders, says 'Approved'. They then pass into law, where they are fully effective. However several instances have been recorded where a governor has questioned the technical basis of a proposed regulation, refused assent, and the order has been returned to the relevant department for revision.

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