Orders of Council

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Orders of Council are formal legal instruments made by the UK Privy Council to implement or administer government decisions, often under powers delegated by Parliament or the Crown.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf form of delegated legislation
type of legal instrument
appliesTo chartered institutions
professional regulators
public bodies
authorisedBy Royal prerogative
specific enabling Acts
basedOn advice of ministers
recommendations of regulatory bodies
canBeChallengedBy judicial review
category instrument of executive government
country United Kingdom
decisionBody Privy Counsellors
linked to: Privy Council
differsFrom Orders in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
form written order
governedBy United Kingdom administrative law
United Kingdom constitutional law
hasLegalStatus secondary legislation
jurisdiction England and Wales
Northern Ireland
Scotland
language English
legalEffect binding
legalNature subordinate legislation
madeBy Privy Council
madeUnderAuthorityOf Act of Parliament
Crown
mayImplement EU-derived obligations (historically)
publishedIn London Gazette
Privy Council Office records
recordedBy Privy Council Office
relatedTo Orders in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
requires approval of the monarch in Council
subjectTo parliamentary scrutiny in some cases
timePeriod in continuous use in modern UK governance
typicalSubjectMatter chartered bodies
disciplinary procedures
higher education regulation
professional regulation
public appointments
usedFor administering government decisions
exercising prerogative powers
exercising statutory powers
implementing government decisions

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Privy Council issues Orders of Council
British Crown associatedWithDocument Orders in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
Continental System counteredBy British Orders in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
Crown in right of the Channel Islands associatedWith Orders in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
Home Civil Service legalBasis Civil Service Order in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
Ross Dependency establishedBy British Order in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
Ross Dependency establishedBy Order in Council of 1923
linked to: Orders of Council
Privy Council Office uses Orders in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
Privy Council Office uses Orders of Council
Orders of Council relatedTo Orders in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
Orders of Council differsFrom Orders in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
King's Regulations relatedTo Defence Council Instructions
linked to: Orders of Council
British naval blockade of Europe legalBasis Orders in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha officeCreatedBy Order in Council of the United Kingdom
linked to: Orders of Council
Ross Dependency establishedByInstrument Order in Council (United Kingdom)
linked to: Orders of Council
Berlin Decree inResponseTo British Orders in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
Grenada Constitution Order 1973 category United Kingdom Orders in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
the Crown in right of Grenada exercisesPowersThrough Orders in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory createdBy Order in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
Diocese of Ripon establishedBy Order in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
British colonial authorities in New York governedBy Orders in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
Parliamentary Boundary Commissions decisionImplementedBy Order in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
The Executive (New Zealand) policyInstrument Orders in Council
subject linked to: The Executive
linked to: Orders of Council
British protectorate administration in Northern Rhodesia exercisedAuthorityThrough Orders in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006 legalForm Order in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
Palestine Currency Board legalBasis British Orders in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
Cayman Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 2016 legalForm Order in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
Constitution of Dominica preIndependenceStatus Order in Council of the United Kingdom
linked to: Orders of Council
British Overseas Territories government officials legalBasis Orders in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
Federal Executive Council of Australia decisionForm Order in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
British distant blockade of Germany legalContext British Orders in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
Donoughmore Constitution legalStatus Order in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
Executive Council of Western Australia decisionType Orders in Council
linked to: Orders of Council