Submission - Royal Assent [2023-09]
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Title
Submission - Royal Assent [2023-09]
Subject
Parliament
Legislation
Description
Alex Chalk's formal request that King Charles III sign a Commission for giving Royal Assent to several Bills.
Creator
Alex Chalk (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice)
Source
FOI request
Date
Submission is undated, but these Bills received Royal Assent on September 18, 2023.
Contributor
Jason Loch
Relation
Ministerial Submission Item Type Metadata
Transcript
Page 1
(Sgd.) Alex Chalk
House of Commons,
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(Sgd.) Appd
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(Sgd.) Alex Chalk
House of Commons,
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Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Act 2023
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023
Powers of Attorney Act 2023
Northern Ireland Budget (No. 2) Act 2023
→Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Act 2023
Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023
Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023
Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Act 2023
Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees Act 2023
Firearms Act 2023
Signatures
Alex Chalk (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice)
Ornamentation
Printed in Times New Roman
Special Features
There is a pair of penciled Xs on either side of the King's approval.
This instrument using the gender-neutral pronoun "they" instead of a gendered pronoun when referring to the Lord Chancellor.
This submission refers to a "Commission" even though, strictly speaking, that term only applies when the Monarch empowers a group of Privy Counsellors to declare Royal Assent on their behalf in the House of Lords.
At one time, these submissions included a definite article before "Royal Assent" (e.g., this example from 1919), but it must have been dropped at some point since it no longer appears in modern versions.
The words "House of Commons" appear below Chalk's signature instead of the more common "Lord Chancellor."
One of the Bills in the list of titles has been reordered via a red ink arrow.
This instrument using the gender-neutral pronoun "they" instead of a gendered pronoun when referring to the Lord Chancellor.
This submission refers to a "Commission" even though, strictly speaking, that term only applies when the Monarch empowers a group of Privy Counsellors to declare Royal Assent on their behalf in the House of Lords.
At one time, these submissions included a definite article before "Royal Assent" (e.g., this example from 1919), but it must have been dropped at some point since it no longer appears in modern versions.
The words "House of Commons" appear below Chalk's signature instead of the more common "Lord Chancellor."
One of the Bills in the list of titles has been reordered via a red ink arrow.
Files
Citation
Alex Chalk (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice), “Submission - Royal Assent [2023-09],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/631.