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	Privy Council of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The heir-apparent and the Sovereign's consort are invariably appointed to the Council, as are the Church of England's three highest ecclesiastics—the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of London.
		In the latter case, the Privy Council—together with the Lords Spiritual, Lords Temporal, the Lord Mayor of London, the Aldermen of the City of London and representatives of Commonwealth nations—makes a proclamation declaring the accession of the new Sovereign.
		The Irish Privy Council was abolished in 1922, when Southern Ireland separated from the United Kingdom; it was succeeded by the Privy Council for Northern Ireland, which became dormant after the suspension of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Privy_Counsellors (2231 words)

	privy council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Counsellors of State are close relatives of the monarch who are empowered to fulfil the functions of the monarch under certain circumstances.
		Technically, the British cabinet is a committee of the Privy Council, hence the appointment of new cabinet ministers to the Council.
		Sweden's Privy Council, in contrast, was abolished as part of the reorganisation of the structures of government in the 1974 Instrument of Government (i.e., constitution dealing with the structures of government).
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Privy_Council.html (1057 words)

	Privy council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, especially in a monarchy.
		The Irish Privy Council was abolished in 1922, when Southern Ireland separated from the United Kingdom; it was succeeded by the Privy Council for Northern Ireland, which became dormant after the suspension of the Parliament of Northern Ireland in 1972.
		The British Privy Council was formerly the court of final adjudication for Hong Kong.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Privy_Council (318 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Elizabeth I
		Here the Queen's gender was a positive advantage, since, to augment the ranks of her former Hatfield servants, she appointed the wives and daughters of her privy counsellors to the positions of ladies and gentlewomen in the privy chamber, thereby reducing the scope for conflict at court.
		By contrast, companies of players were retained by nobles and privy counsellors such as the Earls of Leicester, Warwick, and Sussex for their private entertainment and for the dissemination of court and Protestant values.
		This was unfair, since he was impressive as a privy counsellor and relied on expert advice as a judge, but his career was the classic instance of Bacon's view of "courtship".
	au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761555497_2/Elizabeth_I.html (3107 words)

	Privy Council - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Though the Privy Council as a whole is "The Most Honourable," individual Privy Counsellors are entitled to the style "The Right Honourable." Peers who are Privy Counsellors also append the post-nominal letters "PC," but commoners do not.
		The king's minion;: Being the rise and fall of Robert Carr of Ferniehurst, earl of Somerset, viscount Rochester, baron Winwick, baron Brancepeth, knight...
		A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage, the privy council, knightage and companionage
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /privy_council.htm (2275 words)

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		The heir-apparent and the Sovereign's consort are invariably appointed to the Council, as are the
		Lord Mayor of London, the Aldermen of the City of London and representatives of Commonwealth nations—makes a proclamation declaring the accession of the new Sovereign.
		Privy Council for Northern Ireland, which became dormant after the suspension of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
	en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Privy_Council (2007 words)

	JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is one of the highest courts in the United_Kingdom.
		Privy Counsellors who are or were judges of the Court of Appeal of England, the Inner House of the Court_of_Session in Scotland or the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland
		New_Zealand law was changed in October 2003 amid considerably controversy (as the government decided not to call a referendum on the issue) to abolish appeals to the Privy Council in respect of all cases heard by the Court of Appeal of New Zealand after the end of 2003, in favour of a Supreme_Court_of_New_Zealand.
	www.witwik.com /Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council (1155 words)

	Desi Hot OR Hot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		In order to differentiate peers who are Privy Counsellors from those who are not, sometimes the suffix PC is added to the title.
		The Irish Privy Council was abolished with the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922; nevertheless the Lord Mayor of Dublin, like his counterparts in the United Kingdom, retains the usage of the honorific; the Lord Mayor of Cork has never been entitled to the title.
		In 1983 Bob Hawke declined the appointment, and the appointment of Australians to the Privy Council was abolished shortly thereafter.
	www.desihotornot.com /encyclopedia/index.php?title=The_Right_Honourable (1139 words)

	Privy Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Several senior judges—Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, judges of the and judges of the Inner House of the Court of Session (the highest court in Scotland)—are also named to the Privy Council.
		The other three are: the courts of law, the commune concilium (common council, or Parliament) and the (great council, or the assembly of all the peers of the Realm).
		(Note that whilst the Canadian Privy Council is specifically "for Canada", the Privy Council discussed above is not "for the United Kingdom".) The equivalent organ of state in the other Commonwealth Realms and some is called the Executive Council.
	www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Privy_Council (2217 words)

	Privy Council -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Under the Regency Act 1937, (Click link for more info and facts about Counsellors of State) Counsellors of State may be chosen from amongst the Sovereign's spouse and the four individuals (at least twenty-one years of age) next in the line of succession.
		Peers who are Privy Counsellors also append the (Click link for more info and facts about post-nominal letters) post-nominal letters "PC", but commoners do not.
		Privy Counsellors are entitled to positions in the (Click link for more info and facts about order of precedence) order of precedence.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/P/Pr/Privy_Council.htm (2100 words)

	DPMC - New Zealand Honours: The Honourable and the Privy Council
		Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council is the Sovereign’s inner advisory committee on executive matters of state in the United Kingdom.
		In New Zealand, the Prime Minister, senior and long-serving Ministers of the Crown, the Chief Justice and Judges of the Court of Appeal are usually appointed to the Council.
		Privy Counsellors may use the title "The Right Honourable" (abbreviated to "The Rt Hon") before their name (members of the British Peerage who are Privy Counsellors may use the letters "PC" after their name).
	www.dpmc.govt.nz /honours/overview/honourable_privycouncil.html (286 words)

	India Books.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		New Zealand law was changed in October 2003 to abolish appeals to the Privy Council in respect of all cases heard by the Court of Appeal of New Zealand after the end of 2003, in favour of a Supreme Court of New Zealand.
		Malaysia abolished appeals to the Privy Council in 1985.
		The nations of the Caribbean Community similarly voted in 2001 to abolish the right of appeal to the Privy Council in favour of a Caribbean Court of Justice.
	indiabooks.net /index.php?title=Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council (1039 words)

	JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL
		It is simply referred to simply to the Privy Council, as appeals are in fact made to Her Majesty in Council who then refers the case to the Judicial Committee for "advice".
		Formerly appeals to the Privy Council were made from Australia; however this right of appeal was effectively abolished from the Commonwealth Courts by the Privy Council (Limitation of Appeals) Act 1968 and the Privy Council (Appeals from the High Court) Act 1975, and from the State courts by the Australia Act 1986.
		In 2003 the Parliament of New Zealand enacted legislation to abandon appeals to the Privy Council in favour of establishing the new Supreme Court of New Zealand.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/JUDICIAL+COMMITTEE+OF+THE+PRIVY+COUNCIL (954 words)

	Britannia Panorama: British Government
		Its members are bound by their oath as Privy Counsellors not to disclose information about its proceedings, although after 30 years Cabinet papers may be made available for inspection in the Public Record Ottice at Kew, Surrey.
		The main function of the Privy Council is to advise the Queen on the approval of Orders in Council, including those made under prerogative powers, and those made under statutory powers.
		Cabinet ministers must be Privy Counsellors and, if not already members, are admitted to membership before taking their oath of office at a meeting of the Council.
	www.britannia.com /gov/gov3.html (997 words)

	Meeting of the King's Privy Council, October 22, 1688
		On October 22, 1688, King James II held an extraordinary meeting of the Privy Council to enquire into the birth of the Prince of Wales (later King James III).
		It is ordered this day by His Majesty in Council, that the several declarations here before made by His Majesty, and Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, together with the several deponents here entered, be forthwith enrolled in the Court of Chancery, and the Lord Chancellor is ordered to cause the same to be enrolled accordingly.
		After this, the Counsellors were ordered to come into the bedchamber, and I stood on that side of the bed that had the curtains drawn open, I heard Her Majesty cry out several times.
	www.jacobite.ca /documents/16881022.htm (3596 words)

	Guide to departments - The Privy Council Office
		Senior Ministers are appointed Privy Counsellors for life, but only those of the Government of the day participate in its policy work.
		The Privy Council Office also provides the Registry to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, a judicial body consisting of the Law Lords and senior UK and Commonwealth judges.
		It is a court of final appeal for some independent Commonwealth countries and for the UK overseas territories and Crown dependencies; also for cases arising within the UK in which issues are raised as to the functions and powers of the devolved legislative and executive authorities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
	www.number-10.gov.uk /output/Page1532.asp (364 words)

	Privy Council Members
		The Privy Council still meets regularly, on average once a month, but, as with the Cabinet, most of its business is transacted in discussion and correspondence between its Ministerial members and the Government Departments that advise them.
		The Privy Council Office (which is itself a Government Department) provides a secretariat for these discussions, as the Cabinet Office does in relation to the business of Cabinet and Cabinet Committees.
		The myth that the Privy Council is a secretive body springs from the wording of the Privy Council Oath, which, in its current form, dates back to Tudor times.
	www.privy-council.org.uk /output/Page25.asp (418 words)

	Privy Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		To the Right Honourable the Lords of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, the humble petition of Denys Rolle, esq, setting forth the hardships, inconveniencies, and grievances, which have attended him in his attempts to make a settlement in east Florida...
		Sweden's Privy Council, in contrast, was abolished as part of the reorganisation of the structures of government in the 1974 Instrument of Government (i.e., constitution dealing with the structures of government.) Ireland's Privy Council ceased to exist when the Irish Free State came into existence in 1922.
		The Privy Council of Northern Ireland, which succeeded it, went into abeyance upon the dissolution of the Stormont parliament and the imposition of direct rule.
	news-server.org /p/pr/privy_council.html (836 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Wales \| South East Wales \| MP to become Privy Counsellor
		Privy Counsellors are bound by an oath not to reveal contents of briefings.
		The day-to-day business of the Privy Council is mainly carried out by Cabinet members, and the ancient body meets about once a month when the Queen gives formal approval to orders already discussed and approved by the senior government ministers.
		Appointment to the Privy Council is for life and there are currently around 530 members.
	news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk /2/low/uk_news/wales/south_east/3549702.stm (263 words)

	Privy Council - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The Privy Council exercises executive authority through the means of Orders in Council, a type of Statutory Instrument.
		As Privy Counsellors, they are styled the "Right Honourable" (or Rt.
		Norway's Privy Council still functions as part of the constitutional structures of the kingdom.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Privy_Councilor (624 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The British Privy Council - A676208
		In the educational sphere, the Privy Council is responsible for the use of the word 'university', and can approve an institution as competent to award degrees.
		All Privy Councillors are required to take an oath (or solemn affirmation) which, due to the mention of secrecy, tends to get some people terribly excited about what goes on behind closed doors.
		Members of the Privy Council are appointed for life, and are only removed in rare circumstances (such as when convicted of a serious crime, such as in the case of Jonathan Aitken).
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/classic/A676208 (1276 words)

	Privy Council Of The United Kingdom Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
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	Judicial Committee Of The Privy Council Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Privy Counsellors who are or were judges of the Court of Appeal of England, the Inner House of the Court of Session in Scotland or the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland
		The bulk of the work is done by the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, who are paid to work full time on the judicial functions of the House of Lords and the Privy Council.
		www.thearts.us - Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
	variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council (1447 words)

	Lords Hansard text for 2 Nov 2000 (201102-02) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Whether they will remind all Members of the Privy Council of their duty to preserve confidentiality after discussing affairs of state confidentially with other Privy Counsellors whatever their party.
		My Lords, as a Privy Counsellor himself, the noble Lord, Lord Renton, will be aware that all members of the Privy Council are appointed by Her Majesty the Queen and are bound by the individual oath that they take on becoming members of the Privy Council.
		My Lords, I am sure that the noble Lord is thinking of some of the instances, of which all Members of the House will be aware, in which people have perhaps written about experiences which could be said to fall under the terms of their oath.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/ld199900/ldhansrd/vo001102/text/01102-02.htm (1426 words)

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