 Several other Privy Councils have advised the sovereign . England and Scotland once had separate Privy Councils ( the Privy Council of England and Privy Council of Scotland ) . The Acts of Union 1707 , which united the two countries into the Kingdom of Great Britain , created a single body . Both Privy Councils were abolished in 1708 and a new joint Priviy Council created . Ireland , on the other hand , continued to have a separate Privy Council even after the Act of Union 1800 . The Privy Council of Ireland was abolished in 1922 , when the southern part of Ireland separated from the United Kingdom ; it was succeeded by the Privy Council of Northern Ireland , which became dormant after the suspension of the Parliament of Northern Ireland in 1972 . No further appointments have been made since then , and only four appointees were still living as of May 2014 . 
