{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/montserrat-constitution-order-2010/article-34",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/2474",
  "legislation_title": "The Montserrat Constitution Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/montserrat-constitution-order-2010",
  "path": "article/34",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Tenure of office of Ministers",
  "text": "(1) If a motion that the Legislative Assembly should declare a lack of confidence in the Government receives in the Assembly the affirmative votes of a majority of all the elected members of the Assembly, the Governor shall, by instrument under the public seal, revoke the appointment of the Premier and appoint another person as Premier in accordance with section 33(1); but before so revoking the Premier’s appointment the Governor shall consult the Premier and may, acting in his or her discretion, dissolve the Legislative Assembly instead of revoking the appointment.\n(2) A Minister shall vacate his or her office if—\n(a) he or she resigns it by writing under his or her hand addressed to and received by the Governor;\n(b) he or she ceases to be a member of the Legislative Assembly for any reason other than a dissolution of the Assembly;\n(c) he or she is required by virtue of section 53(4) to cease to perform his or her functions as a member of the Legislative Assembly; or\n(d) he or she is not an elected member of the Legislative Assembly on the date of its first sitting after a general election.\n(3) A Minister (other than the Premier) shall also vacate his or her office—\n(a) whenever a Premier is appointed; or\n(b) if his or her appointment is revoked by the Governor, acting in accordance with the advice of the Premier, by instrument under the public seal.\n(4) Upon a dissolution of the Legislative Assembly the Premier and other Ministers in office at the time of such dissolution shall remain in office and discharge their functions until a general election is held and a Premier is appointed in accordance with section 33(1) following such election; but such functions may not be exercised, save in the event of a public emergency, to commit or bind the next successor Government to public funding or liability except in the ordinary course of the day to day affairs of Montserrat.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2474/article/34",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:28:47.374452+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."
}