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The Falkland Islands Constitution (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1997

S.I. 1997/2974 · Made 17 December 1997

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SOUTH ATLANTIC TERRITORIES

Made 17th December 1997

Laid before Parliament 5th January 1998

Coming into Operation 1st February 1998

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 17th day of December 1997

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in Her by the British Settlements Acts 1887 and 1945f1, 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:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1887 c. 54 and 1945 c. 7 (9 and 10 Geo 6).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, construction and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Replacement of Section 23 of the Constitution
  4. 4Amendment of Annex B to the Constitution
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation, construction and commencement

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Falkland Islands Constitution (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1997 and shall be construed as one with the Falkland Islands Constitution Order 1985f1.

(2)

The Falkland Islands Constitution Order and this Order may be cited together as the Falkland Islands Constitution Orders 1985 to 1997.

(3)

This Order shall come into operation on 1st February 1998.

2Interpretation

In this Order, “the Constitution” means the Constitution of the Falkland Islands set out in Schedule 1 to the Falkland Islands Constitution Order 1985.

3Replacement of Section 23 of the Constitution

Section 23 of the Constitution is replaced by the following—

“23

Subject to the provisions of Section 24 of this Constitution, any person who has attained the age of twenty-one years and who is registered as an elector pursuant to section 27 of this Constitution is qualified to be elected as a member of the Legislative Council in respect of either constituency.”

4Amendment of Annex B to the Constitution

In Annex B to the Constitution there shall be substituted for the reference to the “Civil Commissioner” in the Oath (or Affirmation) of Secrecy a reference to the “Governor”.

Signature

N. H. Nichols

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 23 of the Falkland Islands Constitution required a person standing for election as a member of the Legislative Council to be registered as a voter in the constituency in which he was seeking election. This Order removes this restriction and provides for a person to be elected in respect of either of the two constituencies in the Falkland Islands if he is registered as a voter pursuant to section 27 of the Constitution. This Order also amends Annex B to the Constitution (Oaths and Affirmations) by replacing an out-dated reference to the Civil Commissioner in the Oath (or Affirmation) of Secrecy with a reference to the Governor.