Letters Patent - Commission for Royal Assent and Prorogation [2023-10-26]
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(Sgd.) Charles R
CHARLES THE THIRD by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories King Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith To Our right trusty and right well beloved the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and to Our trusty and well beloved the Knights Citizens and Burgesses of the House of Commons in this present Parliament assembled GREETING:
FORASMUCH as in Our said Parliament divers Acts have been agreed upon by you Our loving Subjects the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and the Commons the short Titles of which are set forth in the Schedule hereto but the said Acts are not of force and effect in the Law without Our Royal Assent AND forasmuch as We cannot at this time be present in the Higher House of Our said Parliament being the accustomed place for giving Our Royal Assent to such Acts as have been agreed upon by you Our said Subjects the Lords and Commons We have therefore caused these Our Letters Patent to be made and have signed them and by them do give Our Royal Assent to the said Acts WILLING that the said Acts shall be of the same strength force and effect as if We had been personally present in the said Higher House and had publicly and in the presence of you all assented to the same COMMANDING ALSO Our well beloved and faithful Counsellor Alexander John Gervase Chalk Chancellor of Great Britain to seal these Our Letters with the Great Seal of Our Realm AND ALSO COMMANDING The Most Reverend Father in God Our faithful Counsellor Justin Portal Archbishop of Canterbury Primate of All England and Metropolitan Our well beloved and faithful Counsellors
Alexander John Gervase Chalk Chancellor of Great Britain
John Francis Lord McFall of Alcluith Lord Speaker
Nicholas Edward Lord True Lord Privy Seal
Richard Mark Lord Newby
William Herbert Lord Laming
Angela Evans Baroness Smith of Basildon
or any three or more of them to declare this Our Royal Assent in the said Higher House in the presence of you the said Lords and Commons and the Clerk of Our Parliaments to endorse the said Acts in Our name as is requisite and to record these Our Letters Patent and the said Acts in manner accustomed AND WE do declare that after this Our Royal Assent given and declared as is aforesaid then and immediately the said Acts shall be taken and accepted as good and perfect Acts of Parliament and be put in due execution accordingly
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AND WHEREAS Queen Elizabeth The Second did lately for divers difficult and pressing affairs concerning Us the State and defence of Our United Kingdom and Church ordain this Our present Parliament to begin and be holden at Our City of Westminster the seventeenth day of December in the sixty-eighth year of Her Reign on which day Our said Parliament was begun and holden and is there now holden Know Ye that for certain pressing causes and considerations Us especially moving We have thought fit to prorogue Our said Parliament
WE THEREFORE confiding very much in the fidelity prudence and circumspection of you Our Commissioners aforesaid have by the advice and consent of Our Council assigned you Our Commissioners giving to you or any three or more of you by virtue of these Presents full power and authority in Our name to prorogue and continue Our present Parliament at Our City of Westminster aforesaid on a day no earlier than Thursday the twenty-sixth day of October and no later than Tuesday the thirty-first day of October until and unto Tuesday the seventh day of November there then to be holden AND WE COMMAND you that you diligently attend the premises and effectually fulfil them in manner aforesaid We also strictly Command all and singular Our Archbishops Bishops Lords Baronets Knights Citizens and Burgesses and all others whom it concerns to meet at Our said Parliament by virtue of these Presents that they observe obey and assist you in executing the premises as they ought to do In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent WITNESS Ourself at Westminster the twenty-sixth day of October in the second year of Our Reign
By The King Himself Signed with His Own Hand
ROMEO
L. S.
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Online Safety Act 2023
Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023
Energy Act 2023
Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023
Procurement Act 2023
Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023
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