Order in Council - Writs for Calling a New Parliament [2024-05-30]
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Title
Order in Council - Writs for Calling a New Parliament [2024-05-30]
Subject
Parliament
General Elections
Privy Council
Description
Order in Council of King Charles III directing the Lord Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to issue writs for the calling of a new Parliament on July 9, 2024.
Creator
King Charles III
Source
Date
2024-05-30
Contributor
Jason Loch
Relation
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Transcript
At the Court at Buckingham Palace
THE 30th DAY OF MAY 2024
PRESENT,
THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL
His Majesty, having been this day pleased by His Royal Proclamation to dissolve the present Parliament and to declare the calling of another, is hereby further pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order that the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland do respectively, upon notice of this His Majesty’s Order, forthwith, cause Writs to be issued in due form and according to Law for the calling of a new Parliament, to meet at the City of Westminster on Tuesday, the ninth day of July 2024; which Writs are to be returnable in due course of Law.
Richard Tilbrook, CVO
Ornamentation
This is the form in which the instrument was gazetted and does not reflect the formatting of the original.
Citation
King Charles III, “Order in Council - Writs for Calling a New Parliament [2024-05-30],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/196.