Article 18 Role of Chief Justice

In section 77, at the end insert—

“(6)

The Chief Justice shall be the head of the judiciary of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

(7)

The Chief Justice shall have responsibility for the management of all matters arising in the judicature, including responsibility—

(a)

for representing the views of the judiciary to the Government and the Parliament, including, where appropriate, through the Attorney General;

(b)

for the maintenance of appropriate arrangements for the welfare, training and guidance of the judiciary within available resources;

(c)

subject to paragraph (d), for the maintenance of appropriate arrangements for the deployment of the judiciary and the allocation of work within courts;

(d)

after consultation with the President of the Court of Appeal, who shall be responsible for the allocation of work within the Court of Appeal, for the maintenance of appropriate arrangements for the work of that court.”.