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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pitcairn-constitution-order-2010/schedule-2/paragraph-61",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/244",
  "legislation_title": "The Pitcairn Constitution Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pitcairn-constitution-order-2010",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/61",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "61",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Constitution, unless it is otherwise provided or required by the context—\n“breach”, in relation to any provision of this Constitution, includes a failure to comply with that provision, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;\n“court” means any subordinate court, the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeal, and includes Her Majesty in Council;\n“Court of Appeal” means the Pitcairn Court of Appeal established by section 49;\n“functions” includes powers and duties;\n“Island Council” means the Island Council of Pitcairn established by section 34;\n“judge” means the Chief Justice or another judge of the Supreme Court, the President of the Court of Appeal, a Justice of Appeal, or an acting judge of the Supreme Court;\n“judicial officer” means a magistrate, an island magistrate, a judge of a subordinate court or any other person who is authorised to exercise the powers of such a judge, a registrar of the Supreme Court or a registrar of the Court of Appeal;\n“law” means law in force in Pitcairn, and “lawful” and “lawfully” shall be construed accordingly;\n“minor” means a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years or such other age as may be prescribed for the purposes of this Constitution by any other law;\n“officer of the Pitcairn Public Service” means the holder of any office in the Pitcairn Public Service and any other employee of the Public Service (except a casual worker), and includes a person appointed to act as an officer of the Pitcairn Public Service;\n“Ordinance” means a law made by the Governor in respect of Pitcairn;\n“period of public emergency” means any period during which—\n(a) there is, in or affecting Pitcairn, a war or other public emergency threatening the life of the nation; and\n(b) a proclamation of a state of emergency is in force under a law;\n“Pitcairn” means Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands;\n“Pitcairn Public Service” means the service of the Crown in a civil capacity in respect of the government of Pitcairn, and includes service as a member of any police force, prison service or fire service of Pitcairn; but does not include service as a judge or judicial officer or service as a member of the Island Council, any committee of the Council or, unless otherwise provided by a law, of any other public authority;\n“subordinate court” means a court of Pitcairn subordinate to the Supreme Court that has been established by law;\n“Supreme Court” means the Pitcairn Supreme Court established by section 45.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/244/schedule/2/paragraph/61",
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  "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."
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