Section 1Additional Counsellors of State
(1) Section 6 of the Regency Act 1937 (power to delegate royal functions to Counsellors of State) has effect as if the persons required by subsection (2) of that section to be the Counsellors of State for the purposes of any delegation of royal functions under that section included—
(a) His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex, during his lifetime, and
(b) Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, during her lifetime.
(2) Any requirement imposed by subsection (1) is subject to the proviso in subsection (2) of section 6 of that Act and to subsection (2A) of that section (powers to except a person who is absent from the United Kingdom and disqualification from being a Counsellor of State).