Letters Patent - Commission for Royal Assent Signed by Counsellors of State [1965-02-04]
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| (Sgd.) Elizabeth R (Sgd.) Margaret |
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Signed on behalf of Her Majesty |
Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories Queen 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 an Act has been agreed upon by you Our loving subjects the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and the Commons the short Title of which is set forth in the Schedule hereto but the said Act is 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 the said Lords and Commons WE have therefore caused these Our Letters Patent to be made and have signed them and by the same do give Our Royal Assent to the said Act AND further do declare that the said Act 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 Gerald Austin Lord Gardiner
Chancellor of Great Britain to seal these Our Letters Patent with Our Great Seal of Our Realm AND ALSO COMMANDING Our most dear and entirely beloved Uncle and most faithful Counsellor Henry William Frederick Albert Duke of Gloucester—The Most Reverend Father in God and Our faithful Counsellor Arthur Michael Archbishop of Canterbury Primate of All England and Metropolitan—Our well beloved and faithful Counsellor Gerald Austin Lord Gardiner
Chancellor of Great Britain—Our most dear Cousin and Counsellor Reginald Edward Viscount Dilhorne—Our well beloved and faithful Counsellor William Watson Lord Henderson
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 Act in Our name as is requisite and to enrol these Our Letters Patent and the said Act in manner accustomed AND FINALLY
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WE do declare that after this Our Royal Assent given and declared as is aforesaid then and immediately the said Act shall be taken and accepted as a good and perfect Act of Parliament and be put in due execution accordingly IN WITNESS whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent WITNESS Ourself at Westminster the Fourth day of February in the thirteenth year of Our Reign.
SIGNED BY HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER AND HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS MARGARET AS COUNSELLORS OF STATE.
By the Queen Herself Signed with Her Own Hand.
COLDSTREAM.
(L.S.)
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SCHEDULE.
Consolidated Fund Act 1965
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Royal name is in Gothic lettering.
Document is a pre-printed template with elements added by typewriter.
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Someone has penciled in "bow" after the names of each of the Commissioners. This was likely done by the Lords Clerk who had to read the document during the Royal Assent ceremony.
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