Everything thus turns upon the status and meaning of clause 2 in the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900, which provides: " The provisions of this Act referring to the Queen shall extend to Her Majesty's heirs and successors in the sovereignty of the United Kingdom.

The prison is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall, and is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.

As the Queen is absent from the islands for most of the time, executive authority is exercised " in Her Majesty's name and on Her Majesty's behalf " by the Governor of the Falkland Islands.

Appeals from the Court of Appeal are sent to Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, which essentially is the same body as the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords.

The preamble to thr 2006 Constitution repeated from the 1969 Constitution states that " Her Majesty's Government will never enter into arrangements under which the people of Gibraltar would pass under the sovereignty of another state against their freely and democratically expressed wishes.

The Constitution provides that a " Governor-General appointed by the Queen shall be Her Majesty's representative in the Commonwealth.

On the advice of her New South Wales Premier only, the Queen appoints the Governor to carry out most of her constitutional and ceremonial duties for an unfixed period of time — known as serving At Her Majesty's pleasure — though five years is the normal convention.

The incumbent will generally serve for at least five years, though this is only a developed convention, and the governor still technically acts at Her Majesty's pleasure ( or the Royal Pleasure ).

* Her Majesty's Government Communications Centre

Hence their states ' governments are not referred to by the traditional parliamentary model head of state styles of " His / Her Majesty's Government " or " His / Her Excellency's Government.

In parliamentary systems the head of state may be merely the nominal chief executive officer of the state, possessing executive power ( hence the description of the monarch's governments in the UK Commonwealth realms as His / Her Majesty's Government ; a term indicating that all power belongs to the sovereign and the government acts on Her Majesty's behalf, not parliament's ).

This produces such terms as " Her Majesty's Government " and " His Excellency's Government.

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1967.

Her Majesty's Treasury, November 2006. hm-treasury. gov. uk ISBN 978011840839.

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* Peter Campbell Scarlett, A Memoir Of The Right Honorable James, First Lord Abinger, Chief Baron Of Her Majesty's Court Of Exchequer, 1877

* In the final episode of the BBC time travel / cop show Ashes to Ashes ( Series 3, Episode 8 ), it is revealed that the world that Alex Drake awoke to after being shot, which Sam Tyler described and that other major characters inhabit, is a kind of Limbo, one seemingly specifically for members of the police force, who had died in violent or sudden ways, with Gene Hunt taking on a role similar to that of a Psychopomp or Charon of Greek mythology, helping " the troubled souls of Her Majesty's Constabulary " accept their deaths and move on to Heaven.

All UK Bureaux de change are registered with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs which issues a trading licence for each location.

School performance in Scotland is monitored by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education.

While it is self-governed and financed, like all independent schools it remains subject to inspection by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education.

Unlike England, all Scottish independent schools are subject to the same regime of inspections by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education as local authority schools and they have to register with the Education and Lifelong Learning Directorate.

# REDIRECT Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education

Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education ( HMIe ) was an executive agency of the Scottish Government, responsible for the inspection of public and independent, primary and secondary schools, as well as further education colleges, community learning, Local Authority Education Departments and teacher education.

* Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education, the Scottish standards authority for public schools

Other examples include the Charity Commission, the Environment Agency, the General Register Office for England and Wales, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, HM Land Registry, Her Majesty's Prison Service, Mountain Rescue England and Wales, the Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants, Livery Company, and the Youth Hostels Association.

The Education and Training Inspectorate in Northern Ireland, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education in Scotland, and Estyn in Wales perform similar functions within their education systems.

* Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary

* Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary ( HMIC )-this organisation is responsible to the Home Office for police forces in England and Wales.

* Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland ( commonly known as HMIC )-this organisation is responsible to the Scottish Government and examines Scotland's territorial police forces, the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency, the Scottish Criminal Record Office, the Scottish Police College and the Scottish Police Information Strategy.

Her Majesty's Rail Inspectorate has granted powers to run private test trains at up to 60 mph.

Inspections and audits of educational standards are conducted by three bodies: Care Commission inspects care standards in pre-school provision ; Education Scotland ( formerly Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education ) for pre-school, primary, education, further and community education ; with the Scottish office of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education ( QAA Scotland ) responsible for higher education.

For instance, in Scotland Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education is responsible for improving care and education for children from birth to eighteen.

As Senior Law Officer Baird was responsible, together with the Attorney General, for the Law Office budget and for setting the strategic direction for the Crown Prosecution Service, Serious Fraud Office, Service Prosecuting Authority ( covering the Armed Forces ) Treasury Solicitor's Department, Government Legal Service, and Her Majesty ’ s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate as well as giving Lead Ministerial sponsorship to the National Fraud Authority.

In April 2009 Her Majesty ’ s Inspectorate of Education ( HMIE ) published a report on Fettes that evaluated the school as “ excellent ” in four out of five Quality Indicators and “ very good ” in the other one.

There is also be a bespoke inspection regime for SOCA, provided through Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary ( HMIC ).

It took over the roles and responsibilities of the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ), Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution ( HMIP ) and the waste regulation authorities in England and Wales including the London Waste Regulation Authority ( LWRA ).

In the May 1999 inspection by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education most aspects of the school's performance were rated Very Good.

Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and the Audit Commission ( or the Welsh Audit Commission in Wales ) began a programme of inspection for police authorities in September 2009.

The SIB was recently subject to an inspection by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary ( HMIC ).

Established in 1840, HM Railway Inspectorate ( HMRI: Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate ) was the British organisation responsible for overseeing safety on Britain's railways and tramways.

In May 2003, an inspection report from Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons blamed overcrowding for poor standards at HMP Pentonville.

In September 2001, an inspection report from Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons claimed that Holloway Prison was " failing " many of its inmates, mainly due to financial pressures.

Private prisons are subject to scrutiny by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons in a similar manner to prisons run by the public Prison Service.

In December 1999, an inspection report from Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons severely criticised the regime at Wandsworth Prison.

In June 2006, an inspection report from Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons criticised staff at Whitemoor Prison for ignoring prisoners, and not responding to their queries and requests for help promptly enough.

This expert panel who gave both written and oral evidence consisted of Nick Hardwick ( Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons ), Paul Cook ( G4S children's services ), Eric Baskind ( British Self Defence Governing Body, Liverpool John Moores University ), Malcolm Stevens ( JusticeCare Solutions ), Laura Janes ( Howard League for Penal Reform ), John Drew ( Youth Justice Board for England and Wales ), Sue Berelowitz ( Office of the Children's Commissioner ) and Carolyne Willow ( CRAE ).

Lord Justice Woolf was appointed to hold a five-month public inquiry with Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons, Judge Stephen Tumim, into the prison disturbances at Strangeways prison, Manchester and other prisons between 11 June on 31 October 1990.

However, a 2005 report by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons commended the prison for improving standards.

The most recent inspection by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons was in May 2005.

In the summer of 2004, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons conducted unannounced inspections of short-term holding facilities attached to immigration reporting centres, and found particular problems at Lunar House: " Lunar House is the main route through which families are detained at Oakington Reception Centre.

* Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons Report on Communications House, Lunar House, Electric House and Dallas Court ( June – October 2004.

In November 2009, an inspection report from Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons criticised the " extremely high " amount of force used to control inmates at the prison.

In November 2002 a report from Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons praised Forest Bank for its staff-prisoner relations, management structure, increased staffing levels and levels of association between inmates.

Failures in the prison security technology, anti-English racism from Welsh inmates, and a high number of suicides were all highlighted as concerns by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons in a 1999 report.

In January 1999 an inspection report by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons attacked conditions at Birmingham, describing the health centre in the jail as the " untidiest and dirtiest " inspectors had ever come across.

In November 1998, an inspection report from Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons heavily criticised security at Stafford Prison, after it emerged that inmates were being supplied with drugs flown in on paper planes.

In November 2005, an inspection report from Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons criticised The Verne for weaknesses in its anti-bullying and suicide prevention policies.

Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons delivered a damning report on the conditions and regime in which the prison was told to improve or close.

Dame Anne Owers CBE, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons, was previously the Director of JUSTICE until 2001.