User:Jnestorius/Constituent countries

country, nation, part, region, province, kingdom, principality.

Succession to the Crown Act 1707 s.8:

nor shall any Office Place or Imployment Civil or Military within the Kingdoms of Great Britain or Ireland Dominion of Wales Town of Berwick upon Tweed Isles of Jersey Guernsey Alderney and Sarke or any of Her Majesties Plantations become void by reason of the Demise or Death of Her present Majesty Her Heirs or Successors Queens or Kings of this Realm

Ulster University 2015 Style Guide p.8

The correct name for Northern Ireland must always be used. An alternative to avoid repetition, particularly in larger publications, is ‘the region’ or ‘this region’. If it must be used when referring to Northern Ireland the term ‘province’ not ‘Province’ should be used.

ISO 3166-2:GB Wales was changed from being described as a principality to being described as a country in the December 2011 update to the standard. England and Scotland were maintained as country and Northern Ireland was maintained as province.

terms of reference of 1969 Royal Commission on the Constitution [1]:

• To examine the present functions of the central legislature and government in relation to the several countries, nations and regions of the United Kingdom;
• to consider having regard to developments in local government organisation and in the administrative and other relationships between the various parts of thf United Kingdom, and to the interests of the prosperity and good government of Our people under the Crown, whether any changes are desirable in those functions or otherwise in present constitutional and economic relationships;
• to consider, also, whether any changes are desirable in the constitutional and economic relationships between the United Kmgdom and the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.