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Clerk of the Council Act 1859
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Clerk of the Council Act 1859
1859 CHAPTER 1
An Act to provide for the Authentication of certain Orders of the Privy Council in the Absence of the Clerk of the Council in Ordinary.
[21st July 1859]
WHEREAS certain Orders of Her Majesty's Privy Council are by the Acts of Parliament which provide for the Issue thereof required to be certified or authenticated under the Hand of the Clerk in Ordinary of the said Council, and Delay and Inconvenience may arise in the event of such Clerk in Ordinary being prevented by Illness or otherwise from the Discharge of his Duty :
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows :
IPerson authorized by Her Majesty in Council to act in the Absence of the Clerk of the Council in Ordinary may sign Orders under Acts of Parliament, &c.
Whenever Her Majesty shall, with the Advice of Her Privy Council, make Provision for the Performance of the Duties of the Clerk of the said Council in Ordinary in the event of his Absence, any Person acting under the Authority of the Order in Council in this Behalf shall, in relation as well to the signing, certifying, and issuing of Orders of Her Majesty in Council, or of the Lords and others of Her Majesty's Privy Council, under any Acts of Parliament as to the other Duties of the Office, have and perform all the Powers and Functions and be in the Place of the Clerk of the said Council in Ordinary.
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