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Turks and Caicos Islands (Constitution) (Amendment) Order 1979

As Enacted Cited authorities 4 Cited in Amendments 1 Related
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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1979/919
Year1979

1979 No. 919

CARIBBEAN AND NORTH ATLANTIC TERRITORIES

The Turks and Caicos Islands (Constitution) (Amendment) Order 1979

26thJuly 1979

3rdAugust 1979

24thAugust 1979

At the Court of Saint James, the 26th day of July 1979

Present,

The Counsellors of State in Council

Whereas Her Majesty, in pursuance of the Regency Act 1937 to 1953, was pleased, by Letters Patent dated the 16th day of July 1979, to delegate to the six Counsellors of State therein named or any two or more of them full power and authority during the period of Her Majesty's absence from the United Kingdom to summon and hold on Her Majesty's behalf Her Privy Council and to signify thereat Her Majesty's approval for anything for which Her Majesty's approval in Council is required:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, being authorised thereto by the said Letters, Patent, and in pursuance of the powers conferred by section 5 of the West Indies Act 1962(a) and all other powers enabling Her Majesty, and by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, do on Her Majesty's behalf order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Turks and Caicos Islands (Constitution) (Amendment) Order 1979 and shall be construed as one with the Turks and Caicos Islands (Constitution) Order 1976(b) (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Order").

(2) The principal Order and this Order may be cited together as the Turks and Caicos Islands (Constitution) Orders 1976 and 1979.

(3) This Order shall come into operation on 24th August 1979.

(a) 1962 c. 19.

(b) S.I. 1976/1156.

2. The principal Order is amended by the insertion after section 17 of the following new section:—

"Parliamentary Secretaries

17A—(1) The Governor, acting in accordance with the advice of the Chief Minister, may appoint not more than two Parliamentary Secretaries from among the elected members of the Legislative Council.

(2) The provisions of sections 8(2), (3) and (4), 9 and 11 of this Order shall apply in...

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