(1) This Order may be cited as the Gibraltar (Appeals to Privy Council) (Amendment) Order 2009 and shall be construed as one with the Gibraltar (Appeals to Privy Council) Order 1985.
(2) This Order shall come into force on 1st January 2010.
Specified date: 1 January 2010: see para (2) above.
In this Order—
“Court” means the Court of Appeal for Gibraltar established by section 61 of the Constitution set out in Annex 1 to the Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006;
“the 1985 Order” means the Gibraltar (Appeals to Privy Council) Order 1985.
Specified date: 1 January 2010: see art 1(2).
The 1985 Order is amended in article 2, by substituting for the definitions of “Constitution” and “Court” the following—
““Constitution” means the Constitution set out in Annex 1 to the Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006;
“Court” means the Court of Appeal for Gibraltar established by section 61 of the Constitution;”.
Specified date: 1 January 2010: see art 1(2).
(1) In respect of any judgment of the Court of Appeal for Gibraltar established by section 57 of the Constitution set out in Annex 1 to the Gibraltar Constitution Order 1969, or of the Court, given before the commencement of this Order, an appeal may be commenced, continued and concluded or continued and concluded, as the case may be, in accordance with the 1985 Order as amended by this Order as nearly as may be as if it were an appeal from a judgment of the Court given after the commencement of this Order.
(2) Any Order that Her Majesty in Council may see fit to make on any such appeal or any Order on an appeal from the Court of Appeal for Gibraltar established by section 57 of the Constitution set out in Annex 1 to the Gibraltar Constitution Order 1969 or from the Court made by Her Majesty before the commencement of this Order, but not enforced before such commencement, may be enforced as if it were an Order made on an appeal from a judgment of the Court given after the commencement of this Order.
Specified date: 1 January 2010: see art 1(2).
Judith Simpson
Clerk of the Privy Council
This Order creates a right of appeal to the Privy Council from the Court of Appeal for Gibraltar established by the Constitution set out in Annex 1 to the Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006 in place of the Court of Appeal established by the Gibraltar Constitution Order 1969. It also includes transitional provisions.
