{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/turks-and-caicos-islands-constitution-order-2011/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/turks-and-caicos-islands-constitution-order-2011/article-8.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/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "General election",
  "text": "(1) The Governor shall, by proclamation published in the Gazette, appoint a date for the holding of a general election to the Parliament, and such date shall be not later than 30 days after the appointed day.\n(2) The period for nomination of candidates for election at the general election shall be closed not later than fifteen days before the date appointed under subsection (1).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1128), art. 8(1) (with arts. 4, 8(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 8 in force at 15.10.2012, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1681/article/8",
    "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."
}