https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/540591d6ea7c8ea8fddec5bbc4bacca5.pdf 5494a56b54732397a0cace48b4ed7e5e Letters Patent Letters Patent are sealed with the Great Seal of the Realm. Transcript A transcript of the document. <div style="line-height:1.8;max-width:700px;margin:auto;"><!-- Page 1 --> <div> <div style="font-weight:bold;">Page 1</div> <p><span style="float:left;font-size:4em;line-height:0.85;margin:0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-weight:bold;">E</span><strong>LIZABETH THE SECOND</strong> 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 all Archbishops Dukes Marquesses Earls Viscounts Bishops Barons Baronets Knights Citizens and Burgesses and all other Our faithful Subjects whatsoever to whom these Presents shall come Greeting WHEREAS it is Our intention to be absent from Our United Kingdom for the purpose of visiting the Republic of Malta AND WHEREAS by the enactments known as the Regency Acts 1937 to 1953 it is (amongst other things) enacted that in the event of Our absence or intended absence from Our United Kingdom We may in order to prevent delay or difficulty in the despatch of public business by Letters Patent under the Great Seal delegate for the period of that absence to Counsellors of State such of Our Royal functions (except the power to grant any rank title or dignity of the peerage) as may be specified in the Letters Patent AND WHEREAS the persons described by the said enactments as the Counsellors of State to be named in such Letters Patent are as follows that is to say Our most dearly beloved Husband and most faithful Counsellor Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh Our most dearly beloved Son and most faithful Counsellor Charles Philip Arthur George Prince of Wales Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter Knight of Our Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle Great Master and the First or Principal Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath Member of Our Order of Merit Our most dearly beloved Grandson Prince William Arthur Philip Louis Duke of Cambridge Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter Knight of Our Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle Our most dearly beloved Grandson Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales Knight Commander of Our Royal Victorian Order and Our most dearly beloved Son Prince Andrew Albert Christian Edward Duke of York Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter Knight Grand Cross of Our Royal Victorian Order subject however to provisions enabling Us by the Letters Patent to except from among the number of those Counsellors any person who is absent from Our United Kingdom or intends to be so absent during the period of Our absence KNOW YE that by virtue of the said enactments We do hereby delegate for the period of Our absence to the said Counsellors of State (except during their absence from Our United Kingdom those who are or intend to be so absent) the Royal functions specified in the First Schedule annexed hereto to be exercised jointly by not less than two of their number subject to the following exceptions and conditions namely--That they the said Counsellors of State shall not have power to grant any rank title or dignity of the peerage or to grant the award of honours decorations and medals but any one of them may confer in Our name and on Our behalf the title degree and honour of a Knight Bachelor upon such persons as We shall have signified Our intention of promoting or appointing to be Members of the First or Second Class of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Our Royal Victorian Order and Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and may likewise confer the honour of Knight Bachelor We may notwithstanding the delegation of such Royal functions nevertheless Ourself exercise any such delegated Royal functions at any time during the period of Our absence from Our United Kingdom--That they shall not receive any homage required to be done to Ourself That they shall not approve or sign any warrant fiat submission or other document for which Our approval or signature is required for or in connection with any of the matters described in the Second Schedule annexed hereto and That if We signify or it appears to them that they should not act in any matter or for any purpose without Our previous special approval they shall not act in that matter or for that purpose without that approval Commanding all and singular Archbishops Dukes Marquesses Earls Viscounts Bishops Barons Baronets Knights Citizens and Burgesses and all other Our Officers Ministers and Subjects that in everything appertaining to the matters aforesaid they be attendant counselling and helping the said Counsellors of State as it behoves them In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent Witness Ourself at Westminster the sixteenth day of November in the sixty-fourth year of Our Reign</p> <p style="text-align:center;"><strong>BY WARRANT UNDER THE QUEEN'S SIGN MANUAL</strong></p> <p style="text-align:right;"><strong>HEATON</strong></p> </div> <div style="border-top:2px solid #000;margin:2em 0;"><!-- Page 2 --> <div> <div style="font-weight:bold;">Page 2</div> <div style="text-align:center;"> <div>THE FIRST SCHEDULE</div> <div>The Delegated Royal Functions</div> </div> <ul style="list-style:none;padding-left:0;"> <li>Full power and authority during the period of Our said absence –</li> <li>To summon and hold on Our behalf Our Privy Council and to signify thereat Our approval for anything for which Our approval in Council is required</li> <li>To approve and sign on Our behalf Letters Patent signifying the Royal Assent to Acts of Parliament except any Act touching any of the matters for which provision is made in the Act of Settlement or touching Our Royal Style and Titles</li> <li>To approve and sign on Our behalf Letters Patent signifying the Royal Assent to Bills passed or approved by the Scottish Parliament in accordance with the Scotland Act 1998</li> <li>To approve and sign on Our behalf Letters Patent signifying the Royal Assent to Bills passed or approved by the Northern Ireland Assembly in accordance with the Northern Ireland Act 1998</li> <li>To approve and sign on Our behalf Letters Patent signifying the Royal Assent to Bills passed or approved by the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with the Government of Wales Act 2006</li> <li>To approve and sign on Our behalf any proclamation warrant fiat submission or other document requiring Our approval or signature which relates to the affairs of Our United Kingdom or of any part of Our United Kingdom or to the affairs of any of Our Colonies or any Territories under Our Protection or in which We have jurisdiction being Colonies or Territories for whose foreign affairs Our Government in the United Kingdom is responsible and to do on Our behalf anything required to be done in relation to any such proclamation warrant fiat submission or other document and</li> <li>To do on Our behalf anything which by virtue of Our Royal Prerogative or of any statutory or other power We are authorised to do for the safety or good government of Our United Kingdom or of any part of Our United Kingdom any of Our said Colonies or any of the said Territories</li> </ul> <div style="text-align:center;"> <div>THE SECOND SCHEDULE</div> <div>Excepted Matters</div> </div> <ul style="list-style:none;padding-left:0;"> <li>Precedence to rank among nobility</li> <li>The use by British subjects of foreign titles and the wearing of foreign Orders in the United Kingdom</li> <li>Determination of abeyances in peerage claims</li> <li>Disbandment and amalgamation of regiments and other Army units and changes in Army and Air Force dress</li> <li>Matters arising in connection with the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland</li> <li>Amendment of Statutes of Orders</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> Warranty The authority for passing the document under the Great Seal. Sign Manual Warrant Seal Type The Great Seal can be either a pendant wax seal or an embossed seal on the document itself. None Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Printed in Times New Roman. Black and white Royal Arms at the top of the first page. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letters Patent - Delegating Certain Royal Functions to Counsellors of State [2015-11-14] Subject The topic of the resource Foreign Affairs Royal Travel Delegating Powers Description An account of the resource Letters Patent of Queen Elizabeth II delegating certain royal functions to Counsellors of State during her visit to Malta. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Queen Elizabeth II Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived FOI request Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-11-14 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource WhatDoTheyKnow.com Relation A related resource <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw8and1Geo6/1/16/section/6">Regency Act 1937</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/6-7/42/contents" title="Regency Act 1943">Regency Act 1943</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/2-3/1/contents" title="Regency Act 1953">Regency Act 1953</a> Counsellors of State Monarch Statutory Power