Kuala Lampur, Oct. 2 -- What are orders in council?

According to the UK Parliament, Orders in Council are made by the King (or formerly the Queen) acting on the advice of the Privy Council and are approved in person by the monarch.

Some Orders in Council are made using powers conferred by an Act of Parliament. Other Orders in Council are made by virtue of the royal prerogative.

Either way, because Parliament is supreme in the UK, Orders in Council are secondary, subordinate or delegated legislation unlike Acts of Parliament which are primary legislation.

According to Sir William Anson, in his celebrated book The Law and Custom of the Constitution, "an Order in Council is practically a resolution passed by the Queen in Council, communi...