Fugitive Offenders (Grouping of Territories) Order in Council, 1961
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1961/2272 |
| Year | 1961 |
1961 No. 2272
FUGITIVE CRIMINAL
The Fugitive Offenders (Grouping of Territories) Order in Council, 196127thNovember 1961
1stDecember 1961
Immediately before the 9thDecember 1961
At the Court of Saint James, the 27th day of November, 1961
Present,
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
Lord President Lord Carrington
Earl of Perth Mr. Secretary Amery
Whereas Her Majesty, in pursuance of the Regency Acts, 1937 to 1953, was pleased, by Letters Patent dated the eighth day of November, 1961, to delegate to the following Counsellors of State (subject to the exceptions hereinafter mentioned) or to any two or more of them, that is to say, His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester, His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent and Her Royal Highness The Princess Alexandra of Kent, 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 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and Her Royal Highness The Princess Alexandra of Kent while absent from the United Kingdom:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, being authorized thereto by the said Letters Patent and in exercise of the powers conferred on Her Majesty by the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881(a), and of all other powers enabling Her Majesty in that behalf, 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:—
Citation, commencement and construction.
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Fugitive Offenders (Grouping of Territories) Order in Council, 1961, and shall come into operation immediately before the ninth day of December, 1961.
(2) The Interpretation Act, 1889(b), shall apply, with the necessary adaptations, for the purpose of interpreting this Order and otherwise in relation thereto as it applies for the purpose of interpreting and in relation to an Act of Parliament.
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