- Queen-in-Council
The Queen-in-Council (or, during the reign of a male monarch, King-in-Council) is the technical term of
constitutional law that refers to the exercise ofexecutive authority in each of theCommonwealth realm s. It means, quite literally: the Queen advised by her privy or executive council. In practice, the Queen-in-Council acts upon the advice of the members of a specific committee of the privy or executive councilndash thecabinet ndash which is made up of ministers of the Crown, and which makes the Queen-in-Council's actions subject tojudicial review . [ [http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2006/1038.html#para5 England and Wales High Court (Administrative Court) Decisions] ] These orders are known as an "Order-in-Council ", while some forms of legislative orders are also referred to with the same name.In
Commonwealth realm s other than the United Kingdom, and some Crown Dependencies, the functions of the Queen-in-Council are delegated to theGovernor ,Governor-General , orLieutenant-Governor , in which case the authority is called the "Governor-in-Council".ee also
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Queen-in-Parliament Footnotes
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