# The St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order 2009, Paragraph 208: The Governor

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) There shall be a Governor of Tristan da Cunha, who, subject to subsections (3) and (4), shall be the person for the time being holding or lawfully performing the functions of the office of Governor of St Helena.
(2) The Governor shall have such functions as are conferred or imposed on him or her by this Constitution or any other law and such other functions as Her Majesty may from time to time be pleased to assign to him or her through a Secretary of State, and, subject to the provisions of this Constitution and of any other law by which any such functions are conferred or imposed, shall do and execute all things that belong to his or her office according to such instructions, if any, as Her Majesty may from time to time see fit to give him or her through a Secretary of State; but no court shall enquire whether or not he or she has complied with any such instructions.
(3) No person who is acting as Governor shall do so in relation to Tristan da Cunha while the Governor is in Tristan da Cunha.
(4) No person who is appointed as a Governor’s Deputy under section 28 shall discharge any function of the office of Governor in relation to Tristan da Cunha while the Governor is in Tristan da Cunha unless the Governor expressly authorises him or her to do so.
(5) In subsections (3) and (4), “the Governor” means the person holding the office of Governor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1751/schedule/paragraph/208 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/st-helena-ascension-and-tristan-da-cunha-constitution-order-2009/schedule/paragraph-208
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