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.