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13 unusual facts about Order in Council


Archives of Ontario

1944: John H. Bennett (Archivist of Ontario; appointed by Order in Council dated May 11, 1944; became military archivist by Order in Council dated June 8, 1944)

Carriage by Air Act 1961

Sections 1 and 2 of the Act cover its application to the United Kingdom, with Section 1 allowing it to come into force when the Queen makes an Order in Council authorising it, and Section 2 using the same procedure for changing or limiting its territorial extent.

Constitution of Canada

Primarily, these are the Orders in Council, which give the government the authority to declare war, conclude treaties, issue passports, make appointments, make regulations, incorporate, and receive lands that escheat to the Crown.

José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa

The mission was difficult and risky and he received an Portary of Commendation.

Judicature Acts

However, after the deaths of Lord Chief Baron Kelly (on 17 September 1880), and Lord Chief Justice Cockburn (on 10 November 1880), the Common Pleas and Exchequer divisions were consolidated (by an Order in Council of 10 December 1880) with the King's Bench division into a single division, under the presidency of the Lord Chief Justice of England, to whom, by the Judicature Act 1881 s.

Law of Anguilla

Other areas of law, such as international law, are essentially regulated externally through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London by Order in Council.

LGBT rights in the British Virgin Islands

However, sexual acts between two consenting adult males in private were expressly decriminalized by an Order in Council in the British Virgin Islands (and other British Caribbean territories) by the British Government pursuant to the Caribbean Territories (Criminal Law) Order, 2000 Sections 3(1) and 3(7).

Local board of health

Where the boundaries of a proposed local board's district were the same as an existing local unit, the act was applied by Order in Council.

London Government Act 1899

It allowed an Order in Council to either incorporate the township into either of the metropolitan boroughs of Lewisham or Camberwell, or to form it into an urban district in one or other of the counties of Surrey or Kent.

Ontario Human Rights Commission

There is a full-time chief commissioner and a varying number of part-time commissioners, appointed by Order in Council.

Pelorus Jack

He became protected by Order in Council under the Sea Fisheries Act on 26 September 1904.

Royal prerogative

After this decision, the British government issued an Order in Council, a primary exercise of the royal prerogative, to achieve the same objective.

Saskatchewan Transportation Company

The Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC) is a Crown Corporation of the Government of Saskatchewan, created in 1946 by an Order in Council.


Executive Council of New Zealand

The Executive Council's primary function is to issue Orders in Council, which operate under the authority of the Governor-General in Council.