2017 Supplement to the Revised Edition of the Laws (Commencement) Order (Statutory Instrument 201/2020)
Statutory Instrument 201/2020 .. in force 4 December 2020
ARRANGEMENT OF ORDERS
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| 2. | Commencement |
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Commencement [4 December 2020]
WHEREAS by section 10(1) of the Revised Edition of the Laws Act, Cap.1.07 (the Act) it is provided that a revised edition of the Laws or a part or parts of a revised edition of the Laws shall come into force as the authoritative version of the law on an effective date specified in an Order made by the Attorney General;
AND WHEREAS section 10(3) of the Act provides that the Attorney General may, by Order published in the Gazette, declare that a revised edition of the Laws specified in the Order shall come into force on such date as may be appointed by the Order;
AND WHEREAS by virtue of section 10(4) of the Act, an Order in respect of a revised edition of the Laws or a part or parts of the Revised Edition of the Laws shall not be made until after the passing of a Resolution of Parliament authorizing the making of such an Order;
AND WHEREAS pursuant to section 10 of the Act, Parliament passed a Resolution, enacted as Statutory Instrument No.193 of 2020, authorizing the Attorney General to make an Order declaring the effective date of the 2017 Supplement to the Revised Edition of the Laws of Saint Lucia;
AND WHEREAS by virtue of section 10(5) of the Act, it is provided that the revised edition of the Laws or a part of parts of the revised edition of the Laws shall be deemed to be, in all Courts of justice and for all purposes whatsoever, without any question, the sole authentic edition of the Laws of Saint Lucia in respect of the law contained therein and in force on the relevant revision date;
NOW THEREFORE by virtue of sections 10 of the Act, the Attorney General makes this Order: