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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2003 No. 1515

CARIBBEAN AND NORTH ATLANTIC TERRITORIES

The Cayman Islands (Constitution) (Amendment) Order 2003

  Made 12th June 2003 
  Laid before Parliament 24th June 2003 
  Coming into force in accordance with section 1(4)

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 12th day of June 2003

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 5 and 7 of the West Indies Act 1962[1] and 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 Cayman Islands (Constitution) (Amendment) Order 2003 and shall be construed as one with the Cayman Islands (Constitution) Order 1972[2] (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Order").

    (2) The principal Order and this Order may be cited together as the Cayman Islands (Constitution) Orders 1972 to 2003.

    (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 such day as the Governor, acting in his discretion, may appoint by proclamation published in a Government Notice.

Recommendations for single-member constituencies
     2. The following new sections are inserted in the Constitution after section 28.

Leader of Government Business
     3. The following new section is inserted in the Constitution after section 5.

Leader of the Opposition
    
4. The following new section is inserted in the Constitution after section 24.

Cabinet
    
5.  - (1) The Executive Council is hereby renamed the Cabinet, and accordingly all references to the Executive Council in the Constitution and in the existing laws shall be replaced by references to the Cabinet, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly.

    (2) In this section "existing laws" means laws and instruments (other than Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and instruments made thereunder) having effect as part of the law of the
Cayman Islands immediately before the coming into force of this Order.


A K Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order amends the Constitution of the
Cayman Islands to enable an Electoral Boundary Commission to make recommendations on the establishment of seventeen single-member constituencies for elections to the Legislative Assembly. It also formally establishes the offices of Leader of Government Business and Leader of the Opposition, and renames the Executive Council as the Cabinet.


Notes:

[1] 1962 c. 19.back

[2] S.I. 1972/1101, amended by S.I. 1984/126, 1987/2199, 1992/226, 1993/3143.back



ISBN 0 11 046508 3


 
© Crown copyright 2003
Prepared 24 June 2003


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