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was formally the Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland; newly nominated ministers were sworn into the council before formally joining the government. Another committee of the council was inherited under the Irish Universities Act 1908, and dealt with petitions relating to
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formally abolished most of the suspended institutions, including the Governorship. The Privy Council of Northern Ireland was not abolished, but new appointments were prohibited, and all of its functions were transferred to the Secretary of State. Existing members retained "their existing
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did not accept its recommendations. John Andrew Oliver suggested in 1978 that any revival should be a "Governor’s Council" with "a wider membership and a door much more open to publicity", including more Catholic/nationalists.
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died in 1925 has there been a Catholic member af the Privy Council of Northern Ireland which ostensibly is a non-partisan, non-political body advising the Governor in the interests of all the people." Another Catholic,
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The Clerk and Deputy Clerk of the Northern Ireland Privy Council were appointed by the Governor, and also served as Clerk and Deputy Clerk of the Cabinet Offices within the Department of the
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abolished the Lord Lieutenant and created the Governor and Privy Council of Northern Ireland to take over their respective functions in that part of Ireland. In the other part, the
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recommended "That there should be a Privy Council of Northern Ireland in which some places should be offered to leading members of major opposition parties." As an essentially
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Apart from ministers in the Government of Northern Ireland, any appointment by the Governor to the Privy Council of Northern Ireland required the approval of the
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volume used to swear in members of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland was the same one previously used for the Privy Council of Ireland.
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Members were appointed for life, although the Governor was empowered to remove them. They are entitled to use the prefix
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took over from the Privy Council of Ireland, which was not formally abolished but became obsolete. The
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The last appointments to the Privy Council of Northern Ireland were made in 1971. In consequence of
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comprised members of the Privy Council of Ireland. The failure of Southern Ireland in the face of
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Minutes of evidence (III) Northern Ireland: 11th February 1970; 12th February 1970; 6th May 1970
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The Privy Council of Northern Ireland remains, but no further appointments to it are to be made.
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until 2001. In 1994, the minutes of about 300 council meetings were deposited with the
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and style and obligations". Lists of living members continued to be included in
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List of Northern Ireland members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
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Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act 1922, Schedule 1 s. 2(2)
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was formally ordered to be presented to Parliament by members of the
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Lords Justices for the government of Northern Ireland
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