The Cayman Islands Constitution Order 2009

UK Statutory Instrument 2009 No. 1379 — creates 5 criminal offences.

5offences created

0recorded in force

0revoked

Made: 10 June 2009
In force from: Not determined
Extent: Not stated
Subject: TV licensing, fare evasion and school attendance
Made under: Her by sections 5 and 7 of the West Indies Act 1962

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order establishes a new Constitution for the Cayman Islands, to replace the Constitution of 1972. The new Constitution includes, for the first time, a Bill of Rights setting out the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual and provisions for their enforcement. It provides for a Governor as Her Majesty’s representative in the Islands, and for a Premier and other Ministers who form a Cabinet together with the Deputy Governor and the Attorney General. It provides for an elected Legislative Assembly, which together with Her Majesty forms the Legislature. It provides for a Grand Court and a Court of Appeal as superior courts, and a Judicial and Legal Services Commission to advise on judicial and senior legal appointments. Provision is also made for a Human Rights Commission, a Commission for Standards in Public Life, and a Constitutional Commission. A new National Security Council is established, as is the new office of Director of Public Prosecutions. Provision is also made for the public service, public finance, a Complaints Commissioner, a Register of Interests, and freedom of information.

Offences created by this instrument

Personal liberty paragraph 5(2) of SCHEDULE 2 · Status not determined · Strict liability
Personal liberty paragraph 5(2)(e) of SCHEDULE 2 · Status not determined · Strict liability
Penalty for sitting or voting in the Legislative Assembly when unqualified paragraph 67(1) of SCHEDULE 2 · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
Disqualifications of electors paragraph 91(2) of SCHEDULE 2 · Status not determined · Strict liability
Disqualifications of electors paragraph 91(2)(c) of SCHEDULE 2 · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

Hansard was searched for this instrument by name and returned nothing. That is the ordinary outcome: an instrument laid under the negative procedure is usually never debated, and becomes law without a word said about it in either House.

How Parliament handled it

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