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Made | 12th June 2003 | ||
Laid before Parliament | 24th June 2003 | ||
Coming into force in accordance with section 1(4) |
(3) A person shall not be qualified to be appointed as the Chairman of the Commission if he is a member of the Legislative Assembly or a public officer.
(4) The Chairman of the Commission shall vacate his office -
(5) Any other member of the Commission shall vacate his office -
(6) The Commission may regulate its own procedure and, with the consent of the Governor, confer powers and impose duties on any public officer or on any authority of the Government for the purpose of the discharge of its functions.
(7) 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.
(8) The Commission may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership (including any vacancy not filled when appointments of members are first made) and its proceedings shall be valid notwithstanding that some person who was not entitled so to do took part therein:
Provided that any decision of the Commission shall require the concurrence of not less than two members of the Commission.
(9) In the exercise of its functions under this Constitution, the Commission shall not be subject to the direction or control of any other person or authority.
Functions of Electoral Boundary Commission
28B.
- (1) The Commission appointed under section 28A of this Constitution shall, as soon as practicable after its appointment, prepare and submit to the Governor a report recommending the boundaries of seventeen electoral constituencies into which the Cayman Islands should be divided with a view to each such constituency returning one member to the Legislative Assembly.
(2) In preparing its report under subsection (1) of this section the Commission shall -
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(d)(i) of this section a person shall be regarded as qualified to be registered as an elector if, on the relevant date -
(c) he is not disqualified for registration as an elector by virtue of section 26 of this Constitution.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3) of this section -
(5) The Governor shall forthwith transmit to a Secretary of State a report submitted to him by the Commission under subsection (1) of this section, together with the record of any debate in the Legislative Assembly on that report including any motion approved by the Assembly in relation to the report.".
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.
(2) Whenever the office of Leader of the Opposition is vacant by reason of the fact that the Governor is of the opinion that there is no member of the Assembly whom he can appoint thereto in accordance with subsection (1) of this section, the functions conferred on the Governor by section 28A(2)(c) and (5)(c) of this Constitution shall be exercised by him in accordance with such advice as may be given to him jointly by the leaders in the Assembly of the opposition parties whose numerical strength in the Assembly is greatest.
(3) The Leader of the Opposition shall vacate his office if the Governor, acting in his discretion, revokes his appointment on the ground that he is about to appoint another person as Leader of the Opposition in accordance with subsection (1) of this section.
(4) In this section "opposition party" includes a group of members of the Assembly in opposition to the Government who are prepared to support one of their number as their leader.".
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
[2] S.I. 1972/1101, amended by S.I. 1984/126, 1987/2199, 1992/226, 1993/3143.back
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