Reform (Sark) (Amendment) Law, 2014

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The Reform (Sark) (Amendment) Law, 2014

THE CHIEF PLEAS OF SARK, in pursuance of their Resolution of the 13^th August, 2014, have approved the following provisions which, subject to the Sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, shall have force of law in the Island of Sark.

Amendments to 2008 Law.

1. The Reform (Sark) Law, 2008, as amended[a] ("the Law of 2008"), is further amended as follows.

2. In section 8 of the Law of 2008, for subsection (1) substitute the following subsections -

"(1) The Lieutenant Governor may, after consultation with the Seneschal and the Bailiff, appoint one or more Lieutenant Seneschals who -

(a) shall have been in practice as -

(i) an Advocate of the Royal Court,

(ii) a member of -

(A) the Bar of England and Wales,

(B) the Bar of Northern Ireland, or

(iii) a Solicitor -

(A) of the Senior Courts of England and Wales,

(B) of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland, or

(b) shall have held judicial office in the United Kingdom, Guernsey, Jersey or the Isle of Man,

for not less than 5 years (or such shorter period as the Lieutenant Governor, after consultation with the Seneschal and the Bailiff, may agree to in any particular case).

(1A) The Chief Pleas may by Ordinance, after consultation with the Seneschal and the Bailiff, amend the qualifications and the period set out in subsection (1).".

3. In section 23 of the Law of 2008, in subsection (10), for the words "the period of office to be served" to the end substitute the words "the successful candidates who receive the largest numbers of votes shall be declared elected to fill the vacancies with the longer period of office remaining; and if, at such an election, there is an equal number of votes for two or more successful candidates such that their respective terms of office cannot otherwise be determined, the period of office to be served by each such candidate shall be determined by lots drawn by those candidates under the supervision of the returning officer immediately after the declaration of the result of the by-election.".

Interpretation.

4. (1) In this Law, unless the context otherwise requires, "the Law of 2008" means the Reform (Sark) Law, 2008, as amended.

(2) The Interpretation (Guernsey) Law, 1948[b] applies to the interpretation of this Law as it applies to the interpretation of an enactment in force in the Island of Guernsey.

(3) Any reference in this Law to an enactment is a reference thereto as from time to time amended, re-enacted (with or without modification), extended or applied.

Citation.

5. This Law may be cited as the Reform (Sark) (Amendment) Law, 2014.

Commencement.

6. This Law shall come into force on the date of its registration on the records of the Island of Sark.

[a]	Order in Council No's. V, VI and XXVII of 2008; No. XIV of 2010; No. XII of 2011.
[b]	Ordres en Conseil Vol. XIII, p. 355.