The Judicial Committee (Barbados) Order 1978

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 1978-04-25
State In force
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Made: 25th April 1978

Coming into Operation: 17th May 1978

At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 25th day of April 1978

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1(1) of the Judicial Committee Amendment Act 1895 and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

1

This Order may be cited as the Judicial Committee (Barbados) Order 1978 and shall come into operation on 17th May 1978.

2

The Supreme Court of Barbados is hereby named as a superior court for the purposes of the Judicial Committee Amendment Act 1895.

Signed

N.E. Leigh — Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 1(1) of the Judicial Committee Amendment Act 1895 provides that, if any person being or having been Chief Justice or a judge of the supreme court or of a superior court of certain of Her Majesty's dominions specified in the said Act, or of any other superior court in Her Majesty's dominions named in that behalf by Her Majesty in Council, is a member of Her Majesty's Privy Council, he shall be a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. This Order names the Supreme Court of Barbados as a superior court for the purposes of the said Act.

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