Order of Council - Rules Made by the Committee of Council Under Section of the Crown Office Act, 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. 41), Adding to the Schedule to the Rules of August 30th, 1916, Prescribing the Mode of Preparation, Material, and Sealing of Documents [1917-01-04]

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Order of Council - Rules Made by the Committee of Council Under Section of the Crown Office Act, 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. 41), Adding to the Schedule to the Rules of August 30th, 1916, Prescribing the Mode of Preparation, Material, and Sealing of Documents [1917-01-04]

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Crown Office
Privy Council

Description

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

Creator

Committee of Council

Source

Statutory Rules and Orders Other Than Those of a Local, Personal, or Temporary Character Issued in 1917 (London, 1918), 81.

Date

1917-01-04

Contributor

Jason Loch

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RULES MADE BY THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL, UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE CROWN OFFICE ACT, 1887 (40 & 41 VICT. c. 41), ADDING TO THE SCHEDULE TO THE RULES OF AUGUST 30TH, 1916, PRESCRIBING THE MODE OF PREPARATION, MATERIAL, AND SEALING OF DOCUMENTS.

1917, No. 22.

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 4th day of January, 1917.

By a Committee of the Lords of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council.

Lord Chancellor,
Lord Privy Seal
Secretary Sir George Cave.

Whereas by the Crown Office Act, 1877, 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 the documents to which the Wafer Great Seal, as defined in the said Act is to be attached and the material on which the said documents are to be prepared: 

And whereas the Lords of the said Committee, in pursuance of the said Act, did by Their Order dated the 30th day of August, 1916, make Rules directing (amongst other things) that the documents specified in the first column of the Schedule to the said Order should be printed or written on the material mentioned in the second column, and should be impressed with or have attached to them the Great Seal named in the third column:

And whereas it is expedient to add to the documents specified in the said Schedule:

And whereas the provisions of Section 1 of the Rules Publica tion Act 1893 have been complied with:

Now therefore the Lords of the said Committee in pursuance of the said Act, do hereby order that the following addition be made to the Schedule to the said Order of the 30th day of August, 1916, that is to say:-- 

Patent. Material. Seal.
11. General Full Powers to His Majesty's Diplomatic Representatives below the rank of Ambassador, and Special Full Powers issued for use on one particular occasion only. Loan Paper ... Wafer Seal.

Almeric FitzRoy.

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Committee of Council, “Order of Council - Rules Made by the Committee of Council Under Section of the Crown Office Act, 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. c. 41), Adding to the Schedule to the Rules of August 30th, 1916, Prescribing the Mode of Preparation, Material, and Sealing of Documents [1917-01-04],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/545.

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