West Indies Act 1967
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1967 c. 4 |
| Year | 1967 |
(1) Her Majesty may by Order in Council made before the appointed day provide for the establishment of one or more courts which, on and after that day or such later day as may be specified in, or determined in accordance with, the Order, shall be courts constituted in common for the territories to which section 1 of this Act applies, and may by that Order provide that any such court shall, in relation to any of those territories, have such jurisdiction and powers as may be so specified or determined.(2) An Order in Council under this section may include provision whereby, in relation to F2Anguilla, Montserrat or the Virgin Islands, any court established under the Order shall have such jurisdiction and powers, and there shall be imposed or conferred on judges and officers of any such court such duties and powers, as may be specified in, or determined in accordance with, the Order.for the establishment in common for the territories to which section 1 of this Act applies of a commission having such duties and powers in relation to any court established under the Order, and to judges and officers of any such court, and in relation to other persons and related matters, as may be specified in, or determined in accordance with, the Order;as to the remuneration, allowances and pension rights of members, officers and servants of the commission and of judges, officers and other persons in relation to whom the commission has any duties or powers; andas to the manner in which the expenses of the commission and of any such court (including the matters referred to in the last preceding paragraph) are to be defrayed.hold or have held office or employment in the public service of that territory, andare participants in any pension provision applicable to that office or employment,(2) For the purposes of this section a person who is or has been a judge of the Supreme Court of the Windward Islands and Leeward Islands shall, in his capacity as such a judge, be taken to hold or have held office in the public service of a territory if, for the purposes of any pension provision having effect in that territory, he is in that capacity taken to be or have been in the service of that territory(3) There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament any increase attributable to this section in the sums payable out of moneys so provided under the (4) In this section “pension provision” means any law, scheme or instrument whereby provision is made for the payment of pensions, and “participant”, in relation to a pension provision, means a
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