Orders

Decisions of the Privy Council are formalised in Orders, which hold legal authority; and are a form of delegated legislation. These Orders fall into two main categories: Orders in Council, which are approved by The King; and Orders of Council, which are approved by Ministers acting in their capacity as Privy Counsellors.

Latest Orders and Proclamations

Orders or Proclamations approved in 2025 are published below.

Statutory Instruments approved at Privy Council are published on the Legislation website and are therefore not published by the Privy Council Office.

An archive of the Lists of Business from Privy Council meetings can also be found here.

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Archived Orders

On a yearly basis, the Registers of the Privy Council (copies of Orders made and business transacted) are transferred to The National Archives (TNA) for permenant preservation.

Therefore, if you are looking for an Order made before 2025, you may be able to search for this directly on The National Archive website or via an archive of our website. Orders and Proclamations approved since January 2023 downloadable in pdf format directly from TNA free of charge.

Alernatively you can contact us and we will advise on searching for the Order, or provide you with a copy if it’s held in our internal records.