Bermuda Constitution (Amendment) Order 2001
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2001/2579 |
| Year | 2001 |
2001 No. 2579
CARIBBEAN AND NORTH ATLANTIC TERRITORIES
The Bermuda Constitution (Amendment) Order 2001
Made 18th July 2001
Laid before Parliament 30th July 2001
Coming into force 21th August 2001
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of July 2001
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in Her in that behalf by section 1 of the Bermuda Constitution Act 19671and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
Citation, construction and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Bermuda Constitution (Amendment) Order 2001 and shall be construed as one with the Bermuda Constitution Order 19682(hereinafter referred to as “the principal Order”).
(2) The principal Order and this Order may be cited together as the Bermuda Constitution Orders 1968 to 2001.
(3) In this Order, “the Constitution” means the Constitution set out in Schedule 2 to the principal Order.
(4) This Order shall come into force on 21st August 2001.
Recommendations for single-member constituencies
2.—(1) Notwithstanding section 54 of the Constitution, the following provisions shall have effect in relation to a Constituency Boundaries Commission first appointed in accordance with section 53 of the Constitution after the date on which this Order comes into force.
(2) A Constituency Boundaries Commission so appointed shall, as soon as practicable after its appointment, prepare and submit to the Governor a report recommending the number, being no fewer than twenty nor greater than forty, and boundaries of constituencies into which Bermuda should be divided with a view to each such constituency returning one member to the House of Assembly.
(3) In preparing its report under subsection (2) of this section the Commission shall ensure that the constituencies shall contain, so far as is reasonably practicable, equal numbers of persons qualified to be registered as electors under section 55 of the Constitution as amended by this Order; and in doing so the Commission—
(a)
(a) shall take no account of the racial distribution of electors within Bermuda;
(b)
(b) shall take account of geographical features and natural boundaries within Bermuda;
(c)
(c) may ignore the boundaries of parishes; and
(d)
(d) shall ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that each constituency is a contiguous unit.
(4) For the purpose of the discharge of its functions, the Commission shall invite views from members of the public and may seek such advice as it considers appropriate.
(5) The Governor shall forthwith transmit to the Secretary of State a report submitted to him by the Commission under subsection (2) of this section, together with the record of any debate in the House of Assembly on that report including any motion approved by the House in relation to the report.
(6) Section 53 of the Constitution shall apply for the purposes of this section, save that in subsections (4)(a) and (5)(a) the references to section 54 of the Constitution shall have effect as if they were references to subsection (2) of this section.
Amendment of section 2 of Constitution
3. Section 2(1) of the Constitution is amended by deleting the words “save in execution of the sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence of which he has been convicted”.
Amendment of section 3 of Constitution
4. Section 3 of the Constitution is amended by deleting subsection (2).
Amendment of section 22 of Constitution
5. Section 22 of the Constitution is amended...
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