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2002 No. 3131

CLERK OF THE CROWN IN CHANCERY

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

  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 1877[1], is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Citation and commencement
     1. 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.

Form of Writs of Summons
     2. Form A in Part I of the Schedule to the Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) Order 1992[2] (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".


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.

Notes:

 [1] 1877 c. 41.back

[2] S.I. 1992/1730, as amended by S.I. 1996/276, 1996/739 and 2000/3064.back


ISBN 0 11 044248 2


  Prepared 6 January 2003

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