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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/virgin-islands-constitution-order-2007/article-84",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1678",
  "legislation_title": "The Virgin Islands Constitution Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/virgin-islands-constitution-order-2007",
  "path": "article/84",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "84",
  "heading": "Prorogation and dissolution",
  "text": "(1) The Governor, acting in accordance with the advice of the Premier, may at any time, by proclamation published in the Gazette, prorogue the House of Assembly; but the Governor shall prorogue the House at least once in each calendar year except in any year during which the House is dissolved.\n(2) The Governor, acting after consultation with the Premier, may at any time, by proclamation published in the Gazette, dissolve the House of Assembly.\n(3) The Governor shall dissolve the House of Assembly at the expiration of four years from the date when the House first meets after any general election unless it has been sooner dissolved.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1678/article/84",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:51:13.761484+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."
}