Instead, the monarch directly grants royal assent by Order in Council. Assent is granted or refused on the advice of the Lord Chancellor. A recent example when assent was refused (or, more correctly, when the Lord Chancellor declined to present the law for assent) was in 2007, concerning reforms to the constitution of the Chief Pleas of Sark. (A revised version of the proposed reforms was subsequently given assent.) In 2011, campaigners against a law that sought to reduce the number of senators in the states of Jersey petitioned the Privy Council to advise the Queen to refuse royal assent. An Order in Council of 13 July 2011 established new rules for the consideration of petitions against granting royal assent. COUNT 7
QSN1 The sovereign grants assent by which order? ANS1 Order in Council QSN2 Who advises the sovereign in this decision? ANS2 Lord Chancellor QSN3 Which recent petition for reforms to the constitution led to assent being refused? ANS3 Chief Pleas of Sark QSN4 Who advises a bill to be granted or refused? ANS4 Lord Chancellor QSN5 When was an Order in Counil passed that laid out new rules for consideration of petitions against the royal assent? ANS5 13 July 2011 QSN6 In what year did the Lord Chancellor refuse to present a law  concerning constituational reform for assent? ANS6 2007 QSN7 What was the subject of the bill that the Lord Chancellor refused to present for royal assent in 2007? ANS7 reforms to the constitution of the Chief Pleas of Sark