{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/turks-and-caicos-islands-constitution-order-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-57",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/turks-and-caicos-islands-constitution-order-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-57.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": "schedule/2/paragraph/57",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Prorogation and dissolution",
  "text": "(1) The Governor, acting in accordance with the advice of the Premier, may at any time prorogue the Parliament by proclamation published in the Gazette; but the Governor may, with the prior approval of a Secretary of State, reject the advice of the Premier to prorogue the Parliament in any case in which in the Governor’s judgement it is necessary to do so in the interests of good governance.\n(2) The Governor, acting after consultation with the Premier, may at any time dissolve the Parliament by proclamation published in the Gazette.\n(3) The Governor shall dissolve the Parliament at the expiration of five years from the date when the Parliament first meets after any general election, unless it has been sooner dissolved.",
  "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": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 s. 57(3) substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1128), art. 14 (with art. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1681/schedule/2/paragraph/57",
    "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."
}