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    <description>These can be purely administrative in nature (e.g., Warrants authorizing the use of the Great Seal) or they can be substantive instruments (e.g., Warrants of appointment). They are signed by the Monarch and (usually) countersigned by a Minister of the Crown. </description>
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            <text>&lt;p&gt;Page 1&lt;/p&gt;
(L. S.)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Elizabeth R&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&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 all to whom these Presents shall come,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;Greeting!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;                WHEREAS by Section 8 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995, it is provided that there shall be a body corporate to be known as the Criminal Cases Review Commission and that the Commission shall consist of not fewer than eleven members appointed by Us;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;                AND WHEREAS Schedule 1 to the said Criminal Appeal Act 1995 provides:&lt;/p&gt;
(1) that one of the members of the Commission shall be appointed by Us, as chair;&lt;br /&gt;(2) that a person shall hold and vacate the office as a member of the Commission, or as chair of the Commission, in accordance with the terms of their appointment;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;WARRANT appointing Johanna Jane Elizabeth Higgins, as a member of the Criminal Cases Review Commission&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="border-top:2px solid #000;margin:2em 0;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Page 2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(3) that the Commission shall:&lt;br /&gt;(a) pay to members of the Commission such remuneration;&lt;br /&gt;(b) pay to or in respect of members of the Commission any such allowances, fees, expenses and gratuities; and&lt;br /&gt;(c) pay towards the provision of pensions to or in respect of members of the Commission any such sums, as the Commission are required to pay by or in accordance with directions given by the Secretary of State.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;               AND WHEREAS Schedule 1 to the said Criminal Appeal Act 1995 further provides that an appointment as a member of the said Commission may be full-time or part-time, and for a fixed period of not longer than five years, and that no person may hold office as a member of the Commission for a continuous period which is longer than ten years; and that a person whose term of appointment as a member of the Commission, or as chair of the Commission, expires shall be eligible for re-appointment;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="border-top:2px solid #000;margin:2em 0;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Page 3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&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 Our Trusty and Well-beloved Johanna Jane Elizabeth Higgins, as a member of the said Commission for a period of three years commencing on and from the 7&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; day of May 2019 until and concluding on the 6&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; day of May 2022.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;GIVEN at Our Court at Saint James’s&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;the &lt;em&gt;9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/em&gt; day of &lt;em&gt;July&lt;/em&gt; 2019&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;in the sixty-eighth year of Our Reign&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;By Her Majesty’s Command &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;David Gauke&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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            <text>David Gauke (Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice)</text>
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Royal name and title are capitalized.&#13;
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Capitalized incipits.&#13;
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Date and month seem to be entered by hand.</text>
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              <text>Donated by Johanna Higgins.</text>
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              <text>&lt;a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/35/section/8"&gt;Criminal Appeals Act 1995&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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