{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/st-helena-constitution-order-1988/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/st-helena-constitution-order-1988/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1842",
  "legislation_title": "The St. Helena Constitution Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/st-helena-constitution-order-1988",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(2) In this Order–\n“the appointed day” means the day appointed by the Governor under section 1(2) of this Order;\n“the Constitution” means the Constitution set out in Schedule 1 to this Order;\n“the existing Constitution” means the Constitution set out in Schedule 1 to the St. Helena (Constitution) Order 1966;\n“the Courts Orders” means the St. Helena Court of Appeal Order 1964 and the St. Helena Supreme Court Order 1969.\n(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, expressions used in sections 1 to 10 (inclusive) of this Order shall have the same meaning as in the Constitution and the provisions of section 56 of the Constitution shall apply for the purposes of interpreting those sections as they apply for interpreting the Constitution.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1966/1458, amended by S.I. 1967/1138, 1987/1268."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1964/1845."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1969/857, amended by S.I. 1975/1211, 1983/1113."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1842/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:56:04.662396+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."
}