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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/st-helena-ascension-and-tristan-da-cunha-constitution-order-2009/schedule/paragraph-61",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1751",
  "legislation_title": "The St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/st-helena-ascension-and-tristan-da-cunha-constitution-order-2009",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/61",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "61",
  "heading": "Meetings of Legislative Council",
  "text": "(1) Meetings of the Legislative Council shall be held at such places and begin at such times as the Speaker, acting in accordance with the advice of the Chief Minister, shall appoint.\n(2) The first meeting of the Legislative Council after a general election shall be held at a time and place appointed by the Governor, acting in his or her discretion.\n(2A) If the first meeting of the Legislative Council after a general election has not commenced within 15 days after the date of the election, the Governor, acting in his or her discretion, shall appoint the earliest practicable time, and the place, for the holding of that meeting.\n(3) If—\n(a) in circumstances not provided for in subsection (2A), more than six weeks have elapsed since the last sitting day of the most recent meeting of the Legislative Council, and no time has been appointed for the next meeting, or that time is more than eight weeks after that day; or\n(b) a proclamation of a state of emergency is in force under a law, and, after five days from the date on which the emergency was proclaimed, a place and time have not been appointed for a meeting of the Council as soon as practicable,\nany four or more Elected Members who are not Ministers may request the Speaker to appoint a time and place for the next meeting; and on receiving such a request, the Speaker shall appoint the earliest practicable time, and the place, for the holding of that meeting.\n(3A) If, at a meeting of the Legislative Council, notice is given under section 45B of a motion of confidence or no confidence in the Government, that meeting shall not be adjourned before the motion has been voted upon, except to a place and a time that shall permit the motion to be voted upon within the time limits prescribed in that section, unless the Council is sooner dissolved under section 76(1)(b).\n(4) There shall be at least one meeting of the Legislative Council in each quarter of each calendar year.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. s. 61(1) substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/895), art. 2(21)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. s. 61(2A) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/895), art. 2(21)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. s. 61(3)(a) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/895), art. 2(21)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. s. 61(3) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/895), art. 2(21)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. s. 61(3A) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/895), art. 2(21)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. s. 61(4) substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/895), art. 2(21)(f)"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:09:37.810912+00:00"
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  "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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