Order of Council - Preparation of Documents [1927-07-25]

Order of Council - Preparation of Documents [1927-07-25]

Crown Office

Privy Council

Order of a Committee of the Privy Council making rules for the preparation of Crown Office documents.

Committee of Council

1927-07-25

Jason Loch

The Crown Office Act 1877

Revoked by The Crown Office (Preparation and Authentication of Documents Rules) Order 1988

Whereas by Section 5 of the Crown Office Act, 1877, it is enacted that a Committee of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council consisting of the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain for the time being, the Lord Privy Seal for the time being, and one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, may by Order make, and when made, from time to time revoke, add to, or alter Rules prescribing (amongst other things) the mode in which the documents to which that Act applies are to be prepared:

And whereas by Rule 2 of the Rules made by the said Committee under that section on the 30th day of August, 1916, it was prescribed that all marginal decorations then inscribed on documents should be discontinued, except that such documents should bear the Royal Arms printed in one colour:

And whereas it is desirable to give greater latitude in the preparation of certain documents by hand:

And whereas the provisions of Section one of the Rules Publication Act, 1893, have been complied with:

Now, therefore, the Lords of the said Committee, in pursuance of the said Act, do hereby order as follows:—

1. The following Rule shall be added to the existing Rules made under the said section—

" Notwithstanding anything in Rule 2 of the Rules made by a Committee of Council under Section 5 of the Crown Office Act, 1877, on the 30th day of August, 1916, any document to which that Act applies may, with the leave of the Lord Chancellor, be illuminated with the Royal Arms and any other decoration in one or more colours by hand, in such manner as the Lord Chancellor may approve."

2. This Order may be cited as the Crown Office Rules (Preparation of Documents) Order, 1927.

M. P. A. Hankey.

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