Great Seal Act 1688

The Great Seal Act 1688^[1]
Status: Amended
Parliament of England
Long title	An Act for enabling the Lords Commissioners for the Great Seale to Execute the office of Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper.^[2]
Citation	1 Will & Mary c 21
Revised text of statute as amended

The Great Seal Act 1688 (1 Will & Mary c 21) is an Act of the Parliament of England. As of 2016 section 1 of the Act is still in force in Great Britain.^[3]

The Act was passed because the office of Lord Chancellor had been put in commission (that is, divided between several officers at the same time, instead of being held by a single individual). Section 1 of the Act states that the commissioners are to be called Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal of England, and that each lord commissioner is to have the same powers as the Lord Chancellor has. Each lord commissioner is to rank in the order of precedence after the Speaker of the House of Commons. However, since the 19th century the office of Lord Chancellor has not been in commission, but has been held by one individual at a time. (As of August 2016 the Lord Chancellor is Liz Truss.)

Repeals

The rest of the Act has been repealed. Sections 2 and 3 were repealed by section 8(2) of, and Part I of Schedule 5 to, the Justices of the Peace Act 1968. Sections 4 to 6 were repealed by Schedule 4 to the Local Government (Clerks) Act 1931. Sections 7 and 8 were repealed by Schedule 1 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Section 9 was repealed by section 4 of the Lancaster County Clerk Act 1871.

References

Halsbury's Statutes,

↑ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
↑ These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
↑ The Chronological Table of the Statutes, 1235 - 2010. The Stationery Office. 2011. ISBN 978-0-11-840509-6. Part I. Page 68, read with pages viii and x.

External links

The Great Seal Act 1688, as amended from the National Archives.

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