Antigua Constitution (Amendment) Order 1972
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1972/301 |
| Year | 1972 |
1972 No. 301
ASSOCIATED STATES
The Antigua Constitution (Amendment) Order 19721stMarch 1972
1stMarch 1972
At the Court of Saint James, the 1st day of March 1972
Present,
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
Mr Secretary Campbell Sir Peter Rawlinson Sir Frederick Lawton
Lord President Viscount Eccles
Whereas Her Majesty, in pursuance of the Regency Acts 1937 to 1953, was pleased, by Letters Patent dated the fourth day of February 1972, to delegate to the following Counsellors of State (subject to the exceptions hereinafter mentioned) or any two or more of them, that is to say, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne, Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, full power and authority during the period of Her Majesty's absence from the United Kingdom to summon and hold on Her Majesty's behalf Her Privy Council and to signify thereat Her Majesty's approval for anything for which Her Majesty's approval in Council is required:
And whereas Her Majesty was further pleased to except from the number of the said Counsellors of State His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne and Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, while absent from the United Kingdom :
And whereas a resolution in the terms set out in Part I of the Schedule to this Order was unanimously passed in the Senate and House of Representatives of the Associated State of Antigua on 22nd November 1971 and a further resolution in the terms set out in Part II of that Schedule was so passed therein on 14th January 1972:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, being authorised thereto by the said Letters Patent, and in pursuance of the powers conferred upon Her Majesty by section 5(4) of the West Indies Act 1967(a), do hereby, by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, on Her Majesty's behalf order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Antigua Constitution (Amendment) Order 1972.
(2) This Order shall be construed as one with the...
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