Administrative division of the Great Britain

Great Britain established by several Ordinances and Acts of Parliament (Scotland 1700, and Ireland 1707) created a common political union, dissolved the independent parliaments of Scotland and Ireland, established religious toleration across the 3 nations, the Church of Scotland is recognized as a national church in Scotland, forfeited all royal property and revenues, established a free trade and customs union, representation in the British Parliament, the legal system and courts of the 3 nations to be maintained and guaranteed their independence, taxes and levies to be harmonized and the contribution of the three nations to be proportional, servitude and vassalage abolished, local barony courts and heritable jurisdictions and similar are abolished, establishment of sheriff's courts (Scotland) and Justices of the Peace (England and Wales).

Ireland, Channel Island and Isle of Man are British Dependencies

## Counties and parishes

Britain is organized in counties (shires in Scotland) and below it parishes. All have judicial, tax collection and local administration functions. Boroughs (burghs in Scotland), are towns that have autonomous corporate entity. For example the City of London and its City of London Corporation. Ireland, The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands have self-government and are organized differently than the rest of the British Isles.

County government and business is done in the main courts of quarter sessions or quarter sessions, that local courts traditionally hold at 4 set times each year, however the more populous counties usually hold them more often. Some of the English counties had major subdivisions. Of these, the most significant were the divisions of Yorkshire in 3 ridings. The 2nd largest county, Lincolnshire, was divided into 3 historical parts.

## Prime Minister of Ireland

For Ireland the offices of the First Minister of Munster and Connacht were kept and new ones created for the other two provinces (Ulster and Leinster). The Prime Minister has full authority within Ireland, extending to civil, criminal and church legal matters, the imposition of martial law, make official military appointments, and command of military forces.

## The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands

The Act organizing the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands (of 1668) incorporated and reorganized the former Crown dependencies of the Isle of Man, and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey, to unite as the Channel Islands. Religious toleration is established and the forfeiture of all royal property and revenues. All customs and excise taxes between Britain and the former crown dependencies are abolished, taxes and levies to be harmonized and the contributions to be proportional. The legislatures of Isle of Man and Channel Island were kept and the former dependencies would have representatives in the British Parliament. The power to pass legislation and ordinances affecting the Islands ultimately rests with their own legislative assemblies (the unicameral States of the Channel Islands and the bicameral Tynwald of Man) and executives councils, with the assent of a special committee of the Council of State, that also names the Governors. However local laws prevails, unless specified otherwise. The judiciary of the former Crown dependencies is kept independent and the right of appeal to the High Judicial Committee.