Privy Council Registrar Act 1853
1853 Chapter 85
An Act for removing Doubts as to the Powers of the Registrar of Her Majesty's Privy Council to administer Oaths, and for providing for the Performance of the Duties of such Registrar in his Absence.
WHEREAS Doubts are entertained as to the Extent of the Powers of the Registrar of Her Majesty's Privy Council appointed under an [3 & 4 W. 4. c. 41.] Act of the Session holden in the Third and Fourth Years of King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for the better Administration of Justice in His Majesty's Privy Council, for taking Evidence and administering Oaths : And whereas it would be for the public Convenience if such Registrar were empowered to take Affidavits and other Evidence and administer Oaths in all Matters pending before Her Majesty in Council or before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and if Provision were made for the Appointment of a Person to act in the Absence of such Registrar:
Be it therefore 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: