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The Turks and Caicos Islands (Constitution) Order 1969
Section 26
Adminis- trator's
26. (1) If the Administrator considers that it is expedient-. (a) in the interests of public order, public faith or good government reserved
(which expressions shall, without prejudice to their generality, power. include the responsibility of the Islands as a territory within the Commonwealth and all matters pertaining to the creation or aboli- tion of any public office or to the salary or other conditions of service of any public officer); or
(b) in order to secure detailed control of the finances of the Islands during such time as the Islands are receiving financial assistance from Her Majesty's Exchequer in the United Kingdom, for the purpose of balancing the annual budget or otherwise, upon con- dition that such control should be exercisable by Her Majesty's Government,
that any bill introduced, or any motion to which this section applies proposed, in the State Council should have effect, then, if the Council fail to pass the bill or to carry the motion within such time and in such form as the Administrator thinks fit, and notwithstanding any provisions of this Order or of any other law in force in the Islands or of any rules of procedure of the Council, the Administrator may declare that the bill or motion shall have effect as if it had been passed or carried by the Council either in the form in which it was introduced or proposed or with such amendments as the Administrator thinks fit which have been moved or proposed in the Council or any committee thereof; and the bill or the motion shall be deemed thereupon to have been so passed or carried, and the provisions of this Order, and in particular the provisions relating to assent to bills and disallowance of laws, shall have effect accordingly.
(2) The Administrator shall not make any declaration under this section without the prior approval of a Secretary of State or the Governor.
(3) If any member of the State Council objects to any declaration made under this section, he may, within fourteen days of the making thereof, submit to the Administrator a statement in writing of his reasons for so objecting, and a copy of the statement shall, if furnished by the member, be forwarded by the Administrator as soon as practicable to a Secretary of State and to the Governor.
(4) This section applies to-
(a) any motion relating to or for the purposes of a bill;
(b) any motion proposing or amending a resolution which, if passed
by the State Council, would have the force of law; and
(c) any motion proposing or amending a resolution upon which the coming into force or continuance in force of a subsidiary instrument depends.
27-(1) A bill shall not become a law until-
Assent to Bills.
(a) the Administrator has assented to it in Her Majesty's name and on Her Majesty's behalf and has signed it in token of his assent;
or
(b) Her Majesty has given Her assent to it through a Secretary of State and the Administrator has signified Her assent by proclama- 4ion published in the Gazette.
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