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The Crown Dependencies [c] are three offshore island territories in the British Islands that are self-governing possessions of the British Crown: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey, both located in the English Channel and together known as the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland.
In a project network, a dependency is a link among a project's terminal elements. [citation needed]The A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) does not define the term dependency, but refers for this term to a logical relationship, which in turn is defined as dependency between two activities, or between an activity and a milestone.
Education in the British Crown Dependencies is a devolved matter with each of the dependencies having separate systems that are autonomous but dependent on England for models and examples. [1] [2] [3] [clarification needed] For details of education in each dependency, see: Education in Guernsey; Education in Jersey; Education in the Isle of Man
This list divides the world's inhabited dependent territories roughly into half: those which are dependencies of Commonwealth nations, formerly members of the British Empire and all of which have King Charles III as head of state; and the remainder. Governors, managers or wardens of uninhabited dependent territories are excluded.
The External relations of the Bailiwick of Jersey are conducted by the External Relations department of the Government of Jersey.Jersey is not an independent state; it is a British Crown dependency, so internationally the United Kingdom is responsible for protecting the island and for consulting Jersey on international trade agreements but it is not a British territory.
Because Jersey is a dependency of the British Crown, King Charles III reigns in Jersey. [56] "The Crown" is defined by the Law Officers of the Crown as the "Crown in right of Jersey". [57] The King's representative and adviser in the island is the Lieutenant Governor of Jersey – Vice-Admiral Jerry Kyd since 8 October 2022.
The Crown Dependencies have each had a historic and complex relationship with the United Kingdom and with its predecessors. Jersey is not, and has never been, part of the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Great Britain or the Kingdom of England, however, it has been a dependency of the monarch of each of these states at their time of existence ...
At the start of the century, Jersey had achieved a high degree of self-government through delegation of Crown powers to the States, though the Bailiff, Governor and Jurats were all still Crown appointees. During the century, Jersey's power structure shifted more and more from the Crown to the States, establishing Jersey as a near-independent ...