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Admiralty Act 1690

As Enacted Cited in Amendments 1 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1690 c. 2
Year1690
S E S S I O S E C U N D A. Anno Regni G U L I E L M I & M A R I A E second. An Act concerning the Commissioners of the Admiralty.

(2 Will. & Mar. Session 2) C A P. II. (12.)

'WHEREAS the Office of Lord High Admiral ofEngland hath at sundry Times, and for several Years, been executed, and all the Authorities to the same belonging exercised, by divers Commissioners for that-Purpose appointed by their Majesties and the late Kings, but of late some Doubt hath risen, whether certain Authorities belonging to the said Office or Lord High Admiral did or do of Right belong to, and might, may, or ought to have been or be exercised by such Commissioners for the Time being: Now for avoiding all such Doubts and Questions,

S-II The Power of Admiral may be executed by Commissioners.

II The Power of Admiral may be executed by Commissioners.

II. Be it declared and enacted by the King's and Queen's most excellent Majesties, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That all and singular Authorities, Jurisdictions, and Powers, which by any Act of Parliament or otherwise have been, and are lawfully vested, settled, and placed in the Lord High Admiral ofEngland for the Time being, have always appertained to, and of Right might have been, and may, and shall be had, enjoyed, used, exercised, and executed by the Commissioners for executing the Office of High Admiral of England for the Time being, according to their Commissions, to all Intents and Purposes, as if the said Commissioners were Lord High Admiral of England .

S-III This Act gives no new Power.

III This Act gives no new Power.

III. Provided, That nothing in this Act contained, shall extend, or be taken, or construed to extend, to give or allow to the Lord High Admiral, or to the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral, any other Authority, Jurisdiction, or Power, than the Lord High...

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