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The Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) (Amendment) Order 2002

S.I. 2002/3131 · Made 17 December 2002

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CLERK OF THE CROWN IN CHANCERY

Made 17th December 2002

Laid before Parliament 6th January 2003

Coming into force 27th January 2003

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 17th day of December 2002

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 3 of the Crown Office Act 1877f1, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

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Footnotes

f1

1877 c. 41.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Form of Writs of Summons
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) (Amendment) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 27th January 2003.

2Form of Writs of Summons

Form A in Part I of the Schedule to the Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) Order 1992f1 (Form of Writs of Summons issued to Lords Spiritual) is amended by substituting for the words “Prelates Great Men and Peers” in both places where they occur the words “Prelates Great Men Great Women and Peers”.

Signature

A.K. Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The form of Writs of Summons issued to Lords Spiritual at the start of a new Parliament is set out in the Schedule to the Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) Order 1992. Writs of Summons to Lords Temporal, though not included in the Schedule, follow a similar form.

This Order in Council amends the Writs of Summons so that they refer to Great Women as well as to Great Men.