{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/montserrat-constitution-order-1989/schedule-2/paragraph-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/montserrat-constitution-order-1989/schedule-2/paragraph-11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2401",
  "legislation_title": "The Montserrat Constitution Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/montserrat-constitution-order-1989",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/11",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Appointment of members.",
  "text": "(1) The Governor, acting in his discretion, shall appoint as the Chief Minister the elected member of the Legislative Council who, in his judgment, is most likely to command the confidence of a majority of the elected members of the Legislative Council.\n(2) The other Ministers shall be appointed by the Governor in accordance with the advice of the Chief Minister from among the nominated and elected members of the Legislative Council.\n(3) If occasion arises for making an appointment under subsection (2) of this section while the Legislative Council is dissolved a person who was a nominated or elected member of the Legislative Council immediately before the dissolution may be appointed as if he were still a member of the Legislative Council.\n(4) Appointments made under this section shall be made by instrument under the public seal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended (Montserrat constitution)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/1339",
      "affecting_title": "The Montserrat Constitution (Amendment) Order 2000"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2401/schedule/2/paragraph/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:30:48.620255+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."
}