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Bill Documents
10 Jun 2015 - Bills
HL Bill 43 2015-16 (as introduced)
Duchy of Cornwall Bill [HL] 2015-16
Bill Documents
10 Jun 2015 - Explanatory Notes
HL Bill 43 EN 2015-16
Duchy of Cornwall Bill [HL] 2015-16
Bill
Duchy of Cornwall Bill [HL] 2015-16
Presented by Lord Berkeley (Labour)
Private Members' Bill (Starting in the House of Lords)
Summary

A Bill to amend the succession to the title of the Duke of Cornwall, to remove the presumption of Crown Immunity applying to the Duchy of Cornwall, to remove various powers, exemptions and immunities from the Duchy of Cornwall, to confirm the right to Royal Mines within Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly vests in the Crown, to provide the right to Treasure Trove, bona vacantia and escheat within Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly lies with the Crown and to provide that any attorney or solicitor appointed in the affairs of the Duchy of Cornwall shall be called to the Bar or hold a practising certificate as appropriate; and for connected purposes