{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/turks-and-caicos-islands-constitution-order-2011/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/turks-and-caicos-islands-constitution-order-2011/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1681",
  "legislation_title": "The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/turks-and-caicos-islands-constitution-order-2011",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“the appointed day” means the day appointed by the Governor under section 1(2);\n“the Constitution” means the Constitution set out in Schedule 2;\n“the existing Constitution” means the Constitution set out in Schedule 2 to the Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution Order 2006 as amended and supplemented by the Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution (Interim Amendment) Order 2009 and the Turks and Caicos Islands (Interim Amendment) (Amendment) Order 2010.\n(2) Section 131 of the Constitution shall apply for the purposes of interpreting sections 1 to 14 of this Order and otherwise in relation to those sections as it applies for the purposes of interpreting and in relation to the Constitution.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 15.10.2012, see art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/1913."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2009/701."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2010/2966."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1681/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:02:17.487261+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."
}