Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation in response to the statements by delegations on the domestic violence in the Russian Federation

Section 6 of the Regency Act 1937 (power to delegate royal functions to Counsellors of State) has effect as if the persons required by subsection (2) of that section to be the Counsellors of State for the purposes of any delegation of royal functions under that section included—

Any requirement imposed by subsection (1) is subject to the proviso in subsection (2) of section 6 of that Act and to subsection (2A) of that section (powers to except a person who is absent from the United Kingdom and disqualification from being a Counsellor of State).

This Act may be cited as the Counsellors of State Act 2022.

This Act comes into force on the day after it is passed.