England and Wales - Other Bodies

Other Bodies

Outside of the legal system the position is mixed. Some organisations combine as "England and Wales", others are separate.

• In sports, cricket has a combined international team administered by the England and Wales Cricket Board, while football, rugby union, rugby league, the Commonwealth Games and other sports have separate national representative teams for either country.
• Some religious denominations organise on the basis of England and Wales, most notably the Roman Catholic Church, but also small denominations, e.g. the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Prior to the disestablishment of the Church in Wales in 1920, the Anglican church in Britain operated under the jurisdiction of the Church of England throughout Wales and England.
• The Electoral Commission maintains a register of political parties, organised according to where the party operates. As of August 2008 the Commission listed nine parties registered as operating in England & Wales (as opposed to 170 operating in England only, and ten operating in Wales only), the largest of which is the Green Party of England and Wales.
• Some professional bodies represent England and Wales, for example the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, the General Council of the Bar, the Law Society, the National Farmers Union and the Police Federation of England and Wales. Other examples include the Charity Commission, the Environment Agency, the General Register Office for England and Wales, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, HM Land Registry, Her Majesty's Prison Service, Mountain Rescue England and Wales, the Worshipful Company of Chartered Accountants, Livery Company, and the Youth Hostels Association.