What is this notice?

• Appointment or annulment of any special quasi-judicial position conferred by the Monarch OR the granting of arms – covered by Scarlet or Wafer versions of the Great Seal.
• Specifies the publishing of all royal proclamations: writs of summons and dissolution; commissions of the peace; letters patent and royal assents (various scenarios).

What legislation does it relate to?

• Crown Office Act 1877 (S.3)
• The Crown Office (Forms and Proclamations Rules) Order 1992 (Art. 3)

Who places this notice?

Privy Council

Where can I find these notices on The Gazette website?

Notice code 1119

Further information

• www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/40-41/41/section/3 
• www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1730/article/3