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Privy Council
http://www.privy-council.org.uk

The Privy Council advises on the exercise of prerogative powers and certain functions assigned to The Queen and the Council by Act of Parliament. The Privy Council also has an important part to play in respect of certain UK statutory regulatory bodies covering a number of professions (mainly in the health care field) and in the world of higher education.

Another major function of the Privy Council, exercised through its Judicial Committee, is the provision of a final Court of Appeal for a number of Commonwealth countries who have chosen to retain it. The Judicial Committee also deals with appeals from medical and veterinary disciplinary bodies and in certain ecclesiastical cases. The Committee consists of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary and some senior commonwealth judges.

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