{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/turks-and-caicos-islands-constitution-order-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-87",
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  "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/87",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "87",
  "heading": "Functions of Judicial Service Commission",
  "text": "(1) Power—\n(a) to make appointments to the offices of judge of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Appeal, magistrate, registrar and deputy registrar;\n(b) to exercise disciplinary control over persons holding or acting in the offices of Chief Justice, President of the Court of Appeal, registrar and deputy registrar; and\n(c) to remove from office persons holding or acting in the offices of registrar and deputy registrar,\nis vested in the Governor, acting in accordance with the advice of the Judicial Service Commission, unless the Governor is instructed by Her Majesty through a Secretary of State to do otherwise.\n(2) In subsection (1), “registrar” and “deputy registrar” mean registrar or deputy registrar of any court in the Islands.\n(3) The Judicial Service Commission, acting after consultation with the Chief Justice, shall—\n(a) draw up and publish a code of conduct for the judiciary, which shall include power for the Chief Justice to exercise disciplinary control over the other judges of the Supreme Court and magistrates and power for the President of the Court of Appeal to exercise disciplinary control over the Justices of Appeal; and\n(b) draw up and publish a procedure for dealing with complaints relating to the judiciary;\nand the Commission shall have such other functions as may be conferred on it by a law enacted by the Legislature.\n(4) This section is without prejudice to section 85.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words 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. 7(1) (with arts. 4, 7(9))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "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."
}