Statutory Instruments
2002 No. 3131
CLERK OF THE CROWN IN CHANCERY
The Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) (Amendment) Order 2002
Made
17th December 2002
Laid before Parliament
6th January 2003
Coming into force
27th January 2003
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 17th day of December 2002
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 3 of the Crown Office Act 1877(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) (Amendment) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 27th January 2003.
Form of Writs of Summons
2. Form A in Part I of the Schedule to the Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) Order 1992(2) (Form of Writs of Summons issued to Lords Spiritual) is amended by substituting for the words “Prelates Great Men and Peers” in both places where they occur the words “Prelates Great Men Great Women and Peers”.
A.K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
The form of Writs of Summons issued to Lords Spiritual at the start of a new Parliament is set out in the Schedule to the Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) Order 1992. Writs of Summons to Lords Temporal, though not included in the Schedule, follow a similar form.
This Order in Council amends the Writs of Summons so that they refer to Great Women as well as to Great Men.