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            <text>&lt;!-- Header: seal (upper left) / Queen’s signature (upper right) --&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align:left;"&gt;(L. S.)&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align:right;"&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Elizabeth R&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Elizabeth yr Ail, drwy Ras Duw Brenhines Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon ac ein Teyrnasoedd a’n Tiroeddau eraill, Pennaeth y Gymanwlad, Amddiffynnydd y Ffydd, at Ein Hannwyl a Ffyddlon Jeremy Miles.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Henffych well!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Gan y deddfwyd drwy adran 49 o Ddeddf Llywodraeth Cymru 2006 (“y Ddeddf a enwyd”) ymhlith pethau eraill y bydd swydd Cwnsler Cyffredinol i Lywodraeth Cymru (“y Cwnsler Cyffredinol”) a benodir gennym Ni;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A chan y darperir gan adran 49(3) o’r Ddeddf a enwyd nad ellir gwneud penodiad i, nac yn ei thynnu oddi ar, swydd y Cwnsler Cyffredinol ond ar argymhelliad y Prif Weinidog;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A chan fod y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol dros Gymru wedi cytuno â’r argymhelliad gan y Prif Weinidog o’r dywededig Jeremy Miles i’w benodi yn y Cwnsler Cyffredinol:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Gwybyddwch yn awr ein bod Ni yn unol â’r pwerau a freiniwyd Ynom gan y Ddeddf a enwyd yn eich penodi chi, y dywededig Jeremy Miles, i swydd y Cwnsler Cyffredinol a hynny’n effeithiol o’r &lt;em&gt;16fed dydd o Dachwedd 2017&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rhoddwyd yn Ein Llys yn &lt;em&gt;San Siôr&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ar y &lt;em&gt;18fed&lt;/em&gt; diwrnod o &lt;em&gt;Rhagfyr 2017&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;yn y &lt;em&gt;chweched a thrigain&lt;/em&gt; flwyddyn o’n Teyrnasiad.&lt;br /&gt;Drwy Orchymyn Ei Mawrhydi.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;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 Trusty and Well-beloved Jeremy Miles.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Greeting!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Whereas by section 49 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (“the said Act”) it is amongst other things enacted that there shall be an office of Counsel General to the Welsh Government (“the Counsel General”) who shall be appointed by Us;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And whereas it is provided by section 49(3) of the said Act that appointment to, or removal from, the office of Counsel General shall be made on the recommendation of the First Minister;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And whereas the National Assembly for Wales has agreed to the recommendation by the First Minister of the said Jeremy Miles for appointment as the Counsel General:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now know ye that We pursuant to the powers vested in Us by the said Act do by these Presents appoint you the said Jeremy Miles to the office of Counsel General with effect from the &lt;em&gt;16th day of November 2017&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Given at Our Court at &lt;em&gt;Saint James’s&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;on the &lt;em&gt;18th&lt;/em&gt; day of &lt;em&gt;December 2017&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in the &lt;em&gt;Sixty-sixth&lt;/em&gt; year of Our Reign.&lt;br /&gt;By Her Majesty’s Command.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align:right;margin-top:2em;"&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;David Lidington&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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              <text>Benjamin Lewis, "The Appointment of Ministers of the Crown and Other Public Bodies," &lt;em&gt;benl.co.uk :: Blog, &lt;/em&gt;https://blog.benl.co.uk/2020/02/the-appointment-of-ministers-of-crown.html.</text>
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