Article 3 Constitution of Court
There shall be a Court of Appeal for the Islands which shall be styled the Pitcairn Court of Appeal.
The judges of the Court shall be:
a President and two or more Justices of Appeal; and
the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Islands, who shall be a member of the Court ex officio.
The President and the Justices of Appeal shall be appointed by the Governor in accordance with instructions given by Her Majesty through a Secretary of State and shall hold office during Her Majesty’s pleasure on such terms and conditions as the Governor may, in accordance with such instructions, prescribe.
A person shall not be qualified for appointment as the President or a Justice of Appeal unless—
he is, or has been, a judge of a court having unlimited jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters in some part of the Commonwealth or in the Republic of Ireland, or a court having jurisdiction in appeals from any such court; or
he is entitled to practice as an advocate in such a court and has been entitled for not less than five years to practice as an advocate or solicitor in such a court.
For the purposes of this paragraph, a person shall be regarded as an advocate or a solicitor if he has been called, enrolled or otherwise admitted as such (and has not subsequently been disbarred or removed from the roll of advocates or solicitors) notwithstanding that—
he holds or acts in any office the holder of which is, by reason of his office, precluded from practising in a court; or
he does not hold a practising certificate or has not satisfied any other like condition of being permitted to practise.
At any time when the office of the President is vacant or the person holding that office is for any reason unable to perform the functions of that office, those functions shall be performed by such one of the Justices of Appeal or such other person qualified for appointment as a Justice of Appeal as may from time to time be designated in that behalf by the Governor.
The Court shall have and use a seal bearing the style of the Court and a device approved by the President.
Every person appointed to be a judge of the Court shall, before entering upon the functions of his office, take the oaths or affirmations set out in the Schedule to this Order.