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Petitions from aliens resident abroad requesting permission to enter a DT or complaining of their inability to obtain facilities to proceed to such a Territory, should not be submitted to The Queen.
If, in the case of a petition described in paras 9.5.7 and 9.5.8, it is necessary to reply eg to return documents, it must be made clear to the petitioner that his petition has not been submitted to The Queen. No substantive reply to the petition should be sent.
9.5.10 A petition from an alien on matters or events occurring while he is visiting a DT may be treated as if it were a petition from a British subject (see para 9.5.4), provided it relates to some alleged disability to which the petitioner or one of his family or friends may have been subjected. No reply need be sent to general criticisms of policy in a DT but it may be desirable to send the representation to the OAG for information or consideration.
9.5.11
Petitions to The Queen in Council
There is no right of a subject to petition The Queen in Council, except under special statutory provision, but petitions can, under Section 4 of 3 and 4 William IV, cap 41, be referred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council if the Secretary of State so recommends.
9.5.12 All petitions addressed to Her Majesty in Council should be sent to the Privy Council Office.
9.5.13
9.5.14
If they appear to be intended for the Judicial Committee they should be referred to Legal Executive Branch, who should
forward them to the Registrar of the Committee and ask him to advise how they should be treated; and
consider with the OAG concerned whether any steps should be taken on behalf of the Crown (see Chapter 12).
If they do not appear to be intended for the Judicial Committee such petitions should be sent to the Clerk to the Privy Council. If the matter to which a petition relates is not a matter in which a petition lies to Her Majesty in Council, it should be stated that the Secretary of State is advised that the petition does not lie to Her Majesty in Council and that he proposes, if the Lord President of the Council agrees, to cause the petitioner to be so informed and to treat it as though it were a petition to Her Majesty in person. On receipt of a reply from the Clerk to the Privy Council, indicating concurrence in the course proposed, and before steps are taken to reply to the petition, it should be referred to Her Majesty's Private Secretary in accordance with the procedure laid down in para 9.5.4.
9.5.15 Petitions to The Queen: procedure when Counsellors of State are acting on behalf of The
Queen
The submission of a petition to the Counsellors of State is in the form used when a petition is submitted to The Queen in person.
9.5.16 When a petition, has to be replied to, after reference to the Palace, the following forms of
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