Office-holders
The Oath of Allegiance or Official Oath is made by each of the following office-holders as soon as may be after his acceptance of office:
- First Lord of the Treasury (currently held ex officio by the Prime Minister)
- Second Lord of the Treasury (currently held ex officio by the Chancellor of the Exchequer)
- Lord Chancellor
- Lord President of the Council
- Lord Privy Seal
- Secretaries of State
- President of the Board of Trade
- Lord Steward
- Lord Chamberlain
- Earl Marshal
- Master of the Horse
- Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Paymaster General
- Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland (since 1999 held ex officio by the First Minister of Scotland)
- Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
- Lord Clerk Register
- Advocate General for Scotland
- Lord Justice Clerk
- First Minister of Wales (since the Government of Wales Act 2006 came into force in May 2007)
The Oath in England is tendered by the Clerk of the Privy Council, and taken in the presence of Her Majesty in Council, or otherwise as Her Majesty shall direct, and in Scotland is tendered by the Lord President of the Court of Session at a sitting of the court.
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