Article 51 Cabinet Secretary

(1)

There shall be—

(a)

a Cabinet Office, which shall be an office in the Government of the Virgin Islands; and

(b)

a Cabinet Secretary, whose office shall be a public office, who shall be a person who is a Virgin Islander as defined in section 65(2) and who shall be appointed in accordance with section 92(5), (6) and (7).

(2)

The Cabinet Secretary shall have charge of the Cabinet Office, attend meetings of the Cabinet and be responsible for keeping the minutes of the meetings of the Cabinet and for conveying the conclusions reached at the meetings to the appropriate person or authority.

(3)

The Cabinet Secretary shall—

(a)

provide such policy advice and technical support to the Cabinet as the Cabinet may require;

(b)

transmit copies of all papers submitted for consideration by the Cabinet to its members;

(c)

inform all its members of the summoning of any meeting of the Cabinet and of the matters to be discussed at any such meeting;

(d)

furnish all its members, as soon as practicable after each meeting of the Cabinet, with a copy of the confirmed minutes of the previous meeting showing the matters discussed and the conclusions reached at the meeting;

(e)

promote and facilitate adherence to the rules of procedure of the Cabinet;

(f)

monitor the implementation of Cabinet decisions and report periodically to the Cabinet in respect thereof; and

(g)

perform such other functions as are incidental to the functions of the Cabinet Secretary.

(4)

The functions conferred on the Cabinet Secretary by subsection (3)(b), (c) and (d) may be exercised by the Cabinet Secretary in person or by officers subordinate to him or her acting under and in accordance with his or her general or special instructions.