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Maximum Number of Judges Order 1983

As Enacted Cited authorities 2 Cited in Amendments 3 Related
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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1983/1705

1983 No. 1705

SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES

The Maximum Number of Judges Order 1983

18thNovember 1983

At the Court of Saint James, the 18th day of November 1983

Present,

The Counsellors of State in Council

Whereas a draft of the following Order was laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:

Whereas Her Majesty, in pursuance of the Regency Acts 1937 to 1953, was pleased, by Letters Patent dated the 3rd day of November 1983, to delegate to the six Counsellors of State therein named or any two or more of them 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:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, being authorised thereto by the said Letters Patent, and in pursuance of the powers conferred by section 2(4) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (a) and all other powers enabling Her Majesty, and by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, do on Her Majesty's behalf order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Maximum Number of Judges Order 1983.

2. The maximum number of ordinary judges of the Court...

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