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290:, the Crown Office prepares and delivers to the Speaker a certificate notifying them that the sovereign has given royal assent to the Acts listed in the certificate, and directing that royal assent be notified by the Speaker, or one of their deputies, in House of Commons Chamber. In the House of Lords, the Crown Office delivers the royal assent commission to the clerks at the table of the House, after which the Lord Speaker, or one of their deputies, notifies the House that royal assent has been given to the Acts listed in the royal assent commission. 250:
the draft text of letters patent, directs that they be prepared and authorises them to be sealed and issued, or by the Sovereign directly signing the letters patent that are to pass under the great seal, as is necessary in some cases, such as with letters patent that grant Royal Assent to bills passed by
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The Crown Office is also responsible for sealing with the Great Seal of the Realm all documents that need to pass under that seal, once the authority for the use of the seal is signified by the Sovereign (authorisation to use the seal is granted either by the monarch signing a warrant that approves
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The Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, whose office has, since 1885, been held in addition to the position of Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Justice, is the titular head of the Crown Office, though this distinction is regularly used by the Deputy Clerk; they are appointed by the Monarch under
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is the keeper of the Peerage Roll, and his duties in that regard are daily discharged by a Registrar of the Peerage and a Deputy Registrar, who work within the Crown Office and are therefore under the supervision of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, who assumes the position of Registrar of the
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The Great Seal of the Realm is in the custody of the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, who is also the Lord Chancellor. The affixing of Great Seal is the responsibility of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. helped by a deputy and one Sealer and two Scribes to Her Majesty's Crown
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They are assisted by Deputy Clerks of the Crown in Chancery, which vary between one and two, and deputise in full capacity for the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery when needed. The last instance of this happening was in 2020 (September-December), before the current clerk,
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Prior to 1884 the Lord Chancellor was assisted by a number of secretaries, including a principal secretary for general business, a secretary of presentations for ecclesiastical patronage work, a secretary of commissions and a secretary for County Court
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THE QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 13 October 2019 to appoint Timothy John Le Cocq, Esquire, Q.C., Deputy Bailiff of the Island of Jersey, to the Office of Bailiff of the said Island.
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The name of the Clerk of the Crown is subscribed/printed at the end of all documents as a way of authentication of their having passed through the Crown Office. This is also done in notices placed by the Crown Office in
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ALEXANDER CLAUD STUART ALLEN, Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great Britain, delivered to ROGER BLAKEMORE SANDS a book containing a list of the names of the Members returned to serve in this Parliament.
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Charles Ian Paul Denyer, Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great Britain, delivered said Malcolm Roy Jack a book containing a list of the names of the Members returned to serve in this Parliament.
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The QUEEN has been pleased to issue a new Commission of Lieutenancy for the City of London, dated 31st December 1997, constituting several persons to be Her Majesty's Lieutenants within the City.
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was appointed, during which time Ceri King, Deputy Clerk, assumed the full position of Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. The office of Assistant Clerk of the Crown in Chancery is also used.
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Ian Denyer, Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great Britain, delivered to Jacqy Sharpe a book containing a list of the Members returned to serve in this Parliament.
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Ceri King, Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great Britain, delivered to John Benger a book containing a list of the Members returned to serve in this Parliament.
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Ceri King is known to have been Deputy Clerk since at least 27 April 2017, and has, during her tenure, signed as the Head of the Crown Office and Registrar of the Peerage.
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Charles Ian Paul DENYER, M.V.O., Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, Crown Office, Ministry of Justice. For services to Constitutional and Ceremonial Administration.
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and by notification to both Houses of Parliament. In all cases, the Crown Office prepares a commission for royal assent to bills. When royal assent occurs at the
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Grant A. Bavister is the last known Assistant Clerk of the Crown in Chancery (also Assistant Head of the Crown Office and Assistant Registrar of the Peerage).
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of the constituency, and historically received all ballot papers and ballot stubs after the election was complete though they are now kept locally by the
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Peerage. The duties of the Ministry of Justice regarding the keeping and maintenance of the Roll of the Peerage are discharged in collaboration with the
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Charles Ian Paul Denyer was known to have been Deputy Clerk since at least 31 December 1997, until 13 October 2019. Upon appointment to the
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The Clerk of the Crown also holds the responsibilities of the old office of Secretary of Presentations, which was part of the
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and Head of the Crown Office, and later described to be the Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery upon appointment to the
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of Parliament, the Clerk of the Crown reads out the short titles of Acts due to receive royal assent, after which the
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and other ecclesiastical patronage work. The office was amalgamated into that of the Clerk of the Crown in 1890.
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The Crown Office is responsible for maintaining and updating the Roll of the Peerage. The
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The affixing of Great Seal is the responsibility of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery.
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Charles Ian Paul DENYER, Clerk of the Chamber and Head of the Crown Office in Chancery.
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The Crown Office employees consist of the Head of the Crown Office, one sealer and two
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notifies both Houses of royal assent to every Act with the endorsement "
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and gave recommendations on the appointment of senior members of the
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The Crown Office also has duties relating to the elections for the
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and with instruments of consent relating to royal marriages).
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Constitutional Law, University of London (King's College)".
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At the first meeting of the House of Commons following a
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Ceri King, Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery and
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Index

Crown Office in Chancery
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
House of Lords
London
SW1A 0PW
Alex Chalk
Secretary of State for Justice
Lord Chancellor
Antonia Romeo
Permanent Secretary
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery
Clerk of the Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Crown Office Act 1877
Ministry of Justice
Lord Chancellor's Department
Great Seal of the Realm
House of Commons
Roll of the Peerage
royal sign-manual
letters patent
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery
scribes
warrants
Monarch
royal charters
The Gazette
Great Seal of the Realm
Parliament
royal assent

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