{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/st-helena-ascension-and-tristan-da-cunha-constitution-order-2009/schedule/paragraph-76",
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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/76",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "76",
  "heading": "Dissolution of Legislative Council",
  "text": "The Governor shall dissolve the Legislative Council—\n(a) if the Governor is advised to do so by the Chief Minister, unless the Governor, in his or her judgement, considers that the government of St Helena can be carried on without a dissolution and that a dissolution would not be in the interests of St Helena;\n(b) at the expiration of four years from the date when the Council first meets after any dissolution, unless it has been sooner dissolved; or\n(c) acting with the prior approval of a Secretary of State, at any time if he or she considers that, in his or her judgement, the effective government of St Helena cannot be carried on without a dissolution.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. s. 76 substituted for Sch. s. 76(1)(2) (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(26)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1751/schedule/paragraph/76",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:09:37.810912+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."
}