His/Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, commonly known as the Privy Council of the Commonwealth of Marie Byrd Land or simply the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign of the Commonwealth of Marie Byrd Land. Its membership mainly comprises senior politicians who are current or former members of either the House of Ovens or the House of Lords.

The Privy Council formally advises the sovereign on the exercise of the Royal Prerogative, and corporately (as Crown-in-Council) it issues executive instruments known as Orders in Council, which among other powers enact Acts of Parliament. The Council also holds the delegated authority to issue Orders of Council, mostly used to regulate certain public institutions. The Council advises the sovereign on the issuing of Royal Charters, which are used to grant special status to incorporated bodies, and city or borough status to local authorities. Otherwise, the Privy Council's powers have now been largely replaced by its executive committee, the Cabinet of the Commonwealth of Marie Byrd Land.

Certain judicial functions are also performed by the Crown-in-Council, although in practice its actual work of hearing and deciding upon cases is carried out day-to-day by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The Judicial Committee consists of senior judges appointed as Privy Counsellors: predominantly senior judges from the Commonwealth of Marie Byrd Land. The Privy Council formerly acted as the High Court of Appeal for the entire Commonwealth of Marie Byrd Land, and continues to hear appeals from the Crown Dependencies, the Overseas Territories, and some independent the Commonwealth of Marie Byrd Land Member states.

• The Commonwealth of Marie Byrd Land is an Absolute monarchy in the form the Crown of Grant Island

  • For greater certainty, nothing in this Act derogates from the authority of The Privy Council of The Commonwealth of Marie Byrd Land to deal with Business of The Privy Council on any property, territory or area in respect of which The Privy Council of The Commonwealth of Marie Byrd Land has jurisdiction over.

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Composition of the Privy Council of the Commonwealth of Marie Byrd Land

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The sovereign, when acting on the Council's advice, is known as the King-in-Council or Queen-in-Council.

The members of the Council are collectively known as The Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council   The chief officer of the body is the Lord President of the Council, who is the  highest Great Officer of State,  Another important official is the Clerk, whose signature is appended to all orders made in the Council.

• A Privy Counsellor is traditionally "sworn of" the Council after being received by the sovereign.

• The sovereign may appoint anyone a Privy Counsellor

• The majority of appointees are senior politicians, including Ministers of the Crown, the few most senior figures of the Loyal Opposition a couple of the most senior figures in the devolved governments and senior politicians from the Commonwealth of Marie Byrd Land Realms. Besides these, the Council includes a members of the Royal Family (usually the consort and heir apparent only), a few dozen judges from Commonwealth, a few clergy and a small number of senior civil servants.

• There is no statutory limit to its membership, members have no automatic right to attend all Privy Council meetings, and only some are summoned regularly to meetings (in practice at the Lord Presidents discretion).

• The Private Secretary to the Sovereign is always appointed a Privy Counsellor as are the Lord Chamberlain, the Speaker of the House of Ovens, and the Lord Speaker. Law Lords, judges of the Court of Appeal of the Commonwealth of Marie Byrd Land also join the Privy Council ex officio.

• Privy Counsellors are bound by oath to keep matters discussed at Council meetings secret, the appointment of the Leaders of Opposition Parties as Privy Counsellors allows the Government to share confidential information with them "on Privy Council terms". This usually only happens in special circumstances, such as in matters of national security

 

 

The Privy Council deals with a wide range of matters, which also includes

It may have specific powers is the formulating of law.

• It may give advice and consent to some executive decisions (e.g. appointments of Deputy cabinet ministers, judges or ambassadors).

• It may have the sole power to try impeachments against officials of the executive, following enabling resolutions passed by The Privy Council by Vote.

• It may have the sole power to ratify treaties for Crown approval.

• It Is an Appeal court

• It can form Committees and hold meetings to Give advice to the monarch

• University and livery company statutes. 

• the grant of academic degree-awarding

• Coinage and dates of bank holidays.

 

The Privy Council can exist out of Commonwealth of Marie Byrd Land with an official function they are all appointed by The Monarch under letters patent of the Commonwealth   The powers of The Privy Council are:

• The sovereign exercises executive authority by making Orders in Council upon the advice of the Council. Orders-in-Council, which are drafted by the government rather than by the sovereign, are secondary legislation and are used to make government regulations and to make government appointments.

• Orders-in-Council are used to grant Royal Assent for Measures of the for Special Admirative Regions, and laws passed to determine whether decisions made are appropriate to be implemented by the assigned minister. The Roles and powers of each Ministers & secretaries are further laid out in The Cabinet Standing Orders. 

 

Functions of the Privy Council of the Commonwealth of Marie Byrd land 

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The sovereign exercises executive authority by making Orders in Council upon the advice of the Privy Council. Orders-in-Council, which are drafted by the government rather or by the sovereign, are secondary legislation and are used to make regulations and to make appointments. Furthermore, Orders-in-Council are used to grant Royal Assent for Measures and laws passed by All of the legislatures of individual Realms and Crown dependencies.

Distinct from Orders-in-Council are Orders of Council: the former are issued by the sovereign upon the advice of the Privy Council, whereas the latter are made by members of the Privy Council without requiring the sovereign's approval. They are issued under the specific authority of Acts of Parliament, and most commonly are used for the regulation of public institutions.

The sovereign also grants Royal Charters on the advice of the Privy Council. Charters bestow special status to incorporated bodies; they are used to grant "chartered" status to certain professional, educational or charitable bodies, and sometimes also city and borough status to towns. The Privy Council therefore deals with a wide range of matters, which also includes university and livery company statutes church, coinage and the dates of bank holidays.

The Privy Council formerly had sole power to grant academic degree-awarding powers and the title of university

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Committees of the Privy Council

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The Council shall form and comprises several Standing Committees with 3 to 10 Members of the house sitting on each Committee.

• Baronetage Committee

• The Council of Ministers for the Commonwealth of Marie Byrd Land 

• Committee for the Foreign Affairs

• Committee for the Commonwealth Affairs​

  • Sub Committee for The United Kingdom of Getz Ice Shelf Affairs

  • Sub Committee for The United Kingdom of Marshall Archipelago Affairs

  • Sub Committee for The United Kingdom of Marie Byrd Affairs

  • Sub Committee for The Special Administrative Regions Affairs

• National Security Committee of the Commonwealth of Marie Byrd Land

• Judicial Committee of The Privy Council of the Commonwealth of Marie Byrd Land

• Education Committee

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Term of office of Members of the Privy Council

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Membership is conferred for life formerly, the death of a monarch ("demise of the Crown") brought an immediate dissolution of the Council, as all Crown appointments automatically lapsed.  It is enacted by this act that the Council would not be dissolved until up to six months after the demise of the Crown.  The New sovereign may reappoint all members of the Council after its dissolution. In practice, therefore, membership continued without a break and therefore ensure that Crown Appointments became wholly unaffected by any succession of monarch.
The sovereign, however, may remove an individual from the Privy Council. 
Individuals can choose to resign sometimes to avoid expulsion. 

 

Meetings of the Privy Council

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Meetings of the Privy Council are normally held once each month wherever the sovereign may be in residence at the time.

The quorum, according to the Privy Council Office, is three, though some statutes provide for other quorums provides for a lower quorum of two).
The sovereign attends the meeting, though his or her place may be taken by two or more Counsellors of State.  Under the Terrance I Act 2005. Counsellors of State may be chosen from among the sovereign's spouse and the four individuals next in the line of succession who over 18 years are of age (16 for the heir to the throne). Customarily the sovereign remains standing at meetings of the Privy Council, so that no other members may sit down, thereby keeping meetings short. The Lord President reads out a list of Orders to be made, and the sovereign merely says "Approved". 

Few Privy Counsellors are required to attend regularly. The settled practice is that day-to-day meetings of the Council are attended by Three Privy Counsellors, usually the relevant Minister to the matters pertaining. The Lord High Steward holds the office of Lord President of the Council every order made in Council is drafted by a Government Department of the Royal Household and has already been approved by the Minister responsible – thus actions taken by the Crown-in-Council are formalities required for validation of each measure. Full meetings of the Privy Council are held only when the reigning sovereign announces his or her own engagement or when there is a demise of the Crown, either by the death or abdication of the monarch.

 

 In the case of a demise of the Crown, the Privy Council – together with the Lords Spiritual, the Lords Temporal as well as representatives of Commonwealth realms – makes a proclamation declaring the accession of the new sovereign and receives an oath from the new monarch .

          The Minister for the Crown determines to the agenda of the meeting. Members may add business and bills to the floor of the Council at least two days before the Sitting of Council. To this end, they deliver their proposal to the Minister. 
          The Monarch may attend The Grand Council and its Sittings and declares them open and closed. 
          Each Sitting of the Council shall be public except when: 
•    It discusses matters that affect privacy. When such an issue arises, the President of The Council shall recommend a closed session. 
•    The Council by two-thirds majority decides to treat a matter in a closed session in the interest of public order or because of serious public objections.

 

Rights of Members of The Privy Council  

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The Privy Council as a whole is termed "The Most Honourable" whilst its members individually, the Privy Counsellors, are entitled to be styled "The Right Honourable". Each Privy Counsellor has the right of personal access to the sovereign. Peers were considered to enjoy this right individually; members of the House of Ovens possess the right collectively. In each case, personal access may only be used to tender advice on public affairs.
Only Privy Counsellors can signify royal consent to the examination of a Bill affecting the rights of the Crown.
Members of the Privy Council are privileged to be given advance notice of any Crown decision to commit HM Armed Forces in enemy action.

Privy Counsellors are accorded a formal rank of precedence, if not already having a higher one. At the beginning of each new Parliament, and at the discretion of the Speaker, those members of the House of Ovens who are Privy Counsellors usually take the oath of allegiance before all other members except the Speaker and the Father of the House (who is the member of the House who has the longest continuous service).Should a Privy Counsellor rise to speak in the House of Ovens at the same time as another Honourable Member, the Speaker Should give priority to the "Right Honourable" Member. This parliamentary custom, the Government must not supposed to exert influence over the Speaker.

All those sworn of the Privy Council are accorded the style "The Right Honourable", but some nobles automatically have higher styles: non-royal dukes are styled "The Most Noble" and marquesses, "The Most Honourable".  All Members are allowed to use the post-nominal letters "PC" in a social style of address for peers who are Privy Counsellors. For commoners, "The Right Honourable" is sufficient identification of their status as a Privy Counsellor and they do not use the post-nominal letters "PC". The Ministry of Justice revises current practice of this convention from time to time.