EXPLANATORY
NOTE
(This
Note is not part of the Order.)
This
Order, which is made at the request and with the consent of the Associated State
of Saint Lucia under section 5 (4) of the West Indies Act 1967, provides a new
constitution for Saint Lucia upon its attainment of fully responsible government
within the Commonwealth at the termination of the status of association of Saint
Lucia with the United Kingdom under the Act on 22 February 1979.
The Saint Lucia Constitution Order 1978
STATUTORY
INSTRUMENTS
1978 No. 1901
SAINT
LUCIA
The
Saint Lucia Constitution Order 1978
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Made:
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20th December 1978
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Coming into Operation:
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22nd February 1979
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At the
Court at Buckingham Palace, the 20th day of December 1978
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas the status of
association of Saint Lucia with the United Kingdom is to terminate on 22nd
February 1979 and it is necessary to establish a new constitution for Saint
Lucia upon its attainment of fully responsible status within the Commonwealth:
And whereas the
Associated State of Saint Lucia has, by a resolution passed in the House of
Assembly thereof on 24th October 1978, requested and consented to the making of
this Order for that purpose:
Now, therefore, Her
Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers vested in Her in that behalf by
section 5(4) of the West Indies Act 1967 (a), is pleased, by and with the
advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: --
1.-
(1) This Order may be cited as the Saint Lucia Constitution Order 1978.
(2)This Order shall come into operation on 22nd February 1979.
2.- The
Saint Lucia Constitution Order 1967(b), which made provision for the
constitution of the Associated State of Saint Lucia, is revoked.
3.- The
Constitution of Saint Lucia set out in Schedule 1 to this Order shall come into
effect in Saint Lucia at the commencement of this Order subject to the
transitional provisions set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.
N.E. Leigh,
Clerk of the Privy Council
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