Article 3 Administration of justice

(1)

The West Indies Associated States Supreme Court Order 1967 shall apply in relation to Anguilla in like manner as it applies in relation to Montserrat and to the Virgin Islands, as the case may be, by virtue of section 10 of that Order and for the purposes of its application to Anguilla as aforesaid—

(a)

that Order may be cited as the Supreme Court Order:

(b)

references in that Order to a State shall not include references to Anguilla;

(c)

the Supreme Court established by that Order shall be styled the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.

(2)

The West Indies Associated States (Appeals to Privy Council) Order 1967 shall, to the extent that it has effect as part of the law of Anguilla, have effect as if—

(a)

the word “Anguilla” was substituted for the words “West Indian Associated States” in section 1 and for the words “a State” in section 3;

(b)

in the definition of “Court” in section 2(1), the words “Supreme Court Order” were substituted for the words “Courts Order”;

(c)

the definitions of “Courts Order” and “State” in section 2(1) were deleted.

(3)

The reference in section 15(1)(c) of the Constitution to the High Court and Court of Appeal shall be construed as including a reference to the Supreme Court established by the Windward Islands and Leeward Islands (Courts) Order in Council 1959 and the British Caribbean Court of Appeal established by the British Caribbean Court of Appeal Order in Council 1962^f1.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1962/1086, 1245.