{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cayman-islands-constitution-amendment-order-2020/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cayman-islands-constitution-amendment-order-2020/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1283",
  "legislation_title": "The Cayman Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cayman-islands-constitution-amendment-order-2020",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendment of section 44 of the Constitution",
  "text": "(1) Section 44 of the Constitution (the Cabinet) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection 1(b), for “six” substitute “seven”.\n(3) In subsection (2), after “two-fifths” insert “plus one”.\n(4) After subsection (4), insert—\n“(5) For the avoidance of doubt, it is declared, subject to this Constitution, that the Cabinet possesses autonomous and exclusive capacity in domestic affairs for any matter that is not one of the following—\n(a) a special responsibility of the Governor under section 55(1);\n(b) a function which the Governor must exercise under this Constitution, or any other law, in his or her discretion or judgement, or in accordance with instructions from Her Majesty through a Secretary of State; or\n(c) a function which the Governor is empowered or directed, either expressly or by necessary implication, to exercise without consulting with the Cabinet or to exercise on the recommendation or advice of, or after consultation with, any person or authority other than the Cabinet.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1283/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:22:51.781375+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}