Privy Council of Barbados

The Privy Council of Barbados is a formal body of advisors to the head of state (the sovereign represented viceregally by the Governor-General of Barbados) prior to 30 November 2021 and the President of Barbados as of 30 November 2021) and is provided for in the 1966 Constitution of Barbados, which reads:

76. 1. There shall be a Privy Council for Barbados which shall consist of such person as the Governor General, after consultation with the Prime Minister, may appoint by instrument under the Public Seal.

2. The Privy Council shall have such powers and duties as may be conferred or imposed upon it by this Constitution or any other law.

3. The office of a member of the Privy Council appointed under this section shall become vacant -

a. at the expiration of fifteen years from the date of his appointment or such shorter period as may be specified in the instrument by which he was appointed;

b. when he attains the age of seventy-five years; or

c. if his appointment is revoked by the Governor General, acting after consultation with the Prime Minister, by instrument under the Public Seal.

77. 1. The Privy Council shall not be summoned except by the authority of the Governor General acting in his discretion.

2. The Governor General shall, so far as is practicable, attend and preside at all meetings of the Privy Council.

3. Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Privy Council may regulate its own procedure.

4. The question whether the Privy Council has validly performed any function vested in it by this Constitution shall not be inquired into in any court.^[1]

Since 30 November 2021, references to the Governor-General of Barbados has been replaced with references to the President of Barbados.