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<p><ins class="ministerial">An Order in Council made under an Act of Parliament is
a form of secondary legislation. The enabling Act will specify whether or not an Order
in Council is subject to a Parliamentary procedure, and if so what that parliamentary
procedure is.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">There are over 400 Acts of Parliament
which provide Order in Council making powers to Her Majesty in Council. Orders in
Council made under Act of Parliament without a parliamentary procedure cover a range
of subject matter, including the commencement of primary legislation, the UK armed
forces and devolution issues, as well as fishing limits, the carriage of goods by
sea, and the implementation of international agreements such as those on child abduction,
reciprocal enforcement of court judgements, and the Geneva Conventions.</ins></p><p><ins
class="ministerial">Some other p</ins><del class="ministerial">P</del>rerogative business
made on the advice of the Privy Council by Order in Council is not subject to parliamentary
procedure and relates almost exclusively to the affairs of Chartered bodies.</p>
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