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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes a number of amendments to the Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands, the most significant of which are:

  • the increase of the number of elected members of the Executive Council from five to six and provision to enable the Governor to confer responsibility for internal financial matters on an elected member, rather than, as at present, on an official member;

  • the establishment of single seat constituencies for elections to the Legislative Council and provision for an Electoral District Boundary Commission;

  • additional provisions regarding the Public Service Commission and for a Register of Interests.