Orders of Council

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form of delegated legislation type of legal instrument

Orders of Council are formal legal instruments made by the UK Privy Council to implement or administer government decisions, often under powers delegated by Parliament or the Crown.

Aliases (10)

Orders in Council ×7
British Orders in Council ×2
British Order in Council ×1
Civil Service Order in Council ×1
Defence Council Instructions ×1
Order in Council ×1
Order in Council (United Kingdom) ×1
Order in Council of 1923 ×1
Order in Council of the United Kingdom ×1
United Kingdom Orders in Council ×1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	form of delegated legislation → type of legal instrument →
appliesTo	chartered institutions → professional regulators → public bodies →
authorisedBy	Royal prerogative → specific enabling Acts →
basedOn	advice of ministers → recommendations of regulatory bodies →
canBeChallengedBy	judicial review →
category	instrument of executive government →
country	United Kingdom →
decisionBody	Privy Counsellors →
differsFrom	Orders in Council →
form	written order →
governedBy	United Kingdom administrative law → United Kingdom constitutional law →
hasLegalStatus	secondary legislation →
jurisdiction	England and Wales → Northern Ireland → Scotland →
language	English →
legalEffect	binding →
legalNature	subordinate legislation →
madeBy	Privy Council →
madeUnderAuthorityOf	Act of Parliament → Crown →
mayImplement	EU-derived obligations (historically) →
publishedIn	London Gazette → Privy Council Office records →
recordedBy	Privy Council Office →
relatedTo	Orders in Council →
requires	approval of the monarch in Council →
subjectTo	parliamentary scrutiny in some cases →
timePeriod	in continuous use in modern UK governance →
typicalSubjectMatter	chartered bodies → disciplinary procedures → higher education regulation → professional regulation → public appointments →
usedFor	administering government decisions → exercising prerogative powers → exercising statutory powers → implementing government decisions →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ross Dependency ("British Order in Council") → Ross Dependency ("Order in Council of 1923") →	establishedBy
British naval blockade of Europe ("Orders in Council") → Home Civil Service ("Civil Service Order in Council") →	legalBasis
King's Regulations ("Defence Council Instructions") → Orders of Council ("Orders in Council") →	relatedTo
Privy Council Office ("Orders in Council") → Privy Council Office →	uses
Crown in right of the Channel Islands ("Orders in Council") →	associatedWith
British Crown ("Orders in Council") →	associatedWithDocument
Grenada Constitution Order 1973 ("United Kingdom Orders in Council") →	category
Continental System ("British Orders in Council") →	counteredBy
Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory ("Order in Council") →	createdBy
Orders of Council ("Orders in Council") →	differsFrom
Ross Dependency ("Order in Council (United Kingdom)") →	establishedByInstrument
the Crown in right of Grenada ("Orders in Council") →	exercisesPowersThrough
Berlin Decree ("British Orders in Council") →	inResponseTo
Privy Council →	issues
Governor of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha ("Order in Council of the United Kingdom") →	officeCreatedBy