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 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2011 No. 1681

CARIBBEAN AND NORTH ATLANTIC TERRITORIES

The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution Order 2011

Made - - - - 13th July 2011

Laid before Parliament 20th July 2011

Coming into force in accordance with section 1(2)

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of July 2011

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 5 and 7 of the West Indies Act 1962 and of all other powers enabling Her to do so, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is ordered, as follows:

Citation and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution Order 2011.

(2) This Order shall come into force on such day as the Governor, acting in his or her discretion, may appoint by proclamation published in the Gazette.

Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Order—

“the appointed day” means the day appointed by the Governor under section 1(2);

“the Constitution” means the Constitution set out in Schedule 2;

“the existing Constitution” means the Constitution set out in Schedule 2 to the Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution Order 2006 as amended and supplemented by the Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution (Interim Amendment) Order 2009 and the Turks and Caicos Islands (Interim Amendment) (Amendment) Order 2010.

(2) Section 131 of the Constitution shall apply for the purposes of interpreting sections 1 to 14 of this Order and otherwise in relation to those sections as it applies for the purposes of interpreting and in relation to the Constitution.