POLITICAL
VOLUME 4 PART 1
ANNEX 9.1
LOGICAL SEQUENCE FOR DEALING WITH A PETITION TO THE QUEEN:
CORRECT METHOD
(See para 9.5.1)
Petitioner
Unsealed petition
sent to OAG
To FCO
geographical department with OAG's comments
Geographical department considers
(including departmental Legal Adviser as to need to submit to Secretary of State if petition is denied)
Deny petition
Grant petition
Head of Geographical Department decides not to submit to Secretary of State
To Private Office/Secretary of State with draft submission or
letter to Palace
To AUSS (with draft reply)
Agrees
Disagrees
To Palace
To Private Office/ Secretary of State
Refuse to consider further (lunatics etc)
(geographical department informs OAG)
(with comments from Palace)
To geographical department (to reply to OAG to pass to Petitioner)
To geographical department (with comments from Palace and Secretary of State. Geographical department reply for OAG to pass to Petitioner)
OAG
(To inform Petitioner in writing
of outcome of petition)
Reply to Petitioner
MARCH 1990
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