The Overseas Territories (Constitutional Modifications) Order 2020

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2020/780

2020 No. 780

Overseas Territories

The Overseas Territories (Constitutional Modifications) Order 2020

Made 21th July 2020

Laid before Parliament 29th July 2020

Coming into force 22th August 2020

At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 21st day of July 2020

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 112 of the Saint Helena Act 18331and the British Settlements Acts 1887 and 19452or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is ordered, as follows:

S-1 Citation, commencement and extent

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Overseas Territories (Constitutional Modifications) Order 2020.

(2) This Order comes into force on 22nd August 2020.

(3) This Order extends to the Falkland Islands and to St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

S-2 Interpretation

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order –

“Constitution” means the Falkland Islands Constitution or the St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution;

“Falkland Islands Constitution” means the Constitution of the Falkland Islands set out in the Schedule to the Falkland Islands Constitution Order 20083;

“legislative body” means –

(a) in relation to the Falkland Islands, the Legislative Assembly4;

(b) in relation to St Helena, the Legislative Council5;

“meeting” includes sitting as defined in section 100(1) of the Falkland Islands Constitution and in section 115 of the St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution;

“St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution” means the Constitution of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha set out in the Schedule to the St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order 20096;

“Territory” means the Falkland Islands or St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha;

“virtual meeting” means a meeting of a legislative body in which some or all members of the body are not physically present together but are in communication with one another by electronic means, and in which all the members (present and participating) are able to communicate with one another, to hear and be heard, and to have had access to all of the documents considered at the meeting; and it shall be for the members to agree that the means of communication in use are sufficient for the meeting to proceed.

(2) In the application of this Order to a particular Territory, the...

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