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SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULEU.K. Legislative Powers of Trinidad and Tobago

1U.K.The M1Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865 shall not apply to any law made on or after the appointed day by the legislature of Trinidad and Tobago.

Marginal Citations

2U.K.No law and no provision of any law made on or after the appointed day by that legislature shall be void or inoperative on the ground that it is repungnant to the law of England, or to the provisions of any Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, including this Act, or to any order, rule or regulation made under any such Act, and, subject to paragraph 6 of this Schedule, the powers of that legislature shall include the power to repeal or amend any such Act, order, rule or regulation in so far as it is part of the law of Trinidad and Tobago

3U.K.The legislature of Trinidad and Tobago shall have full power to make laws having extra-territorial operation.

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Textual Amendments

5U.K.Without prejudice to the generality of the preceding provisions of this Schedule, section four of the M2Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act 1890 (which requires certain laws to be reserved for the signification of Her Majesty’s pleasure or to contain a suspending clause) and so much of section seven of that Act as requires the approval of Her Majesty in Council to any rules of court for regulating the practice and procedure of a Colonial Court of Admiralty, shall cease to have effect in Trinidad and Tobago.

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6(1)Nothing in this Act shall confer on the legislature of Trinidad and Tobago any power to repeal, amend or modify the constitutional provisions otherwise than in such manner as may be provided for in those provisions.U.K.

(2)In this paragraph “the constitutional provisions” means the following, that is to say—

(a)this Act;

(b)any Order in Council made before the appointed day (whether before or after the passing of this Act) which made or makes provision in respect of Trinidad and Tobago in pursuance of section five of the M3West Indies Act 1962;

(c)any law, or instrument made under a law, of the legislature of Trinidad and Tobago made on or after the appointed day which amends, modifies, re-enacts with or without amendment or modification, or makes different provision in lieu of, any provisions of this Act, of any such Order in Council, or of any such law or instrument previously made.

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SECOND SCHEDULEU.K. Amendments not affecting the Law of Trinidad and Tobago

Diplomatic immunitiesU.K.

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2U.K.In subsection (6) of section one of the M4Diplomatic Immunities (Commonwealth Countries and Republic of Ireland) Act, 1952, before the word “and” in the last place where it occurs there shall be inserted the words “Trinidad and Tobago”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of Sch. 2 para.2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and it does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

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FinancialU.K.

4U.K.In subsection (4) of section two of the M5Import Duties Act, 1958, after the word “Tanganyika” there shall be inserted the words “Trinidad and Tobago”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2The text of Sch. 2 para. 4 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and it does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

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Visiting forcesU.K.

5U.K.In the M6Visiting Forces (British Commonwealth) Act 1933, section four (which deals with attachment and mutual powers of command) shall apply in relation to forces raised on Trinidad and Tobago as it applies in relation to forces raised in Dominions within the meaning of the M7Statute of Westminster 1931.

6U.K.In the M8Visiting Forces Act 1952—

(a)in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section one (which specifies the countries to which that Act applies) at the end there shall be added the words “Trinidad and Tobago, or”;

(b)in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section ten the expression “colony” shall not include Trinidad and Tobago;

and, until express provision with respect to Trinidad and Tobago is made by an Order in Council under section eight of that Act (which relates to the application to visiting forces of law relating to home forces), any such Order for the time being in force shall be deemed to apply to visiting forces of Trinidad and Tobago.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3The text of Sch. 2 para. 6(a)is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and it does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

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Ships and aircraftU.K.

[F47U.K.In subsection (2) of section four hundred and twenty-seven of the M9Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, as substituted by section two of the M10Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act, 1949, before the words “or in any” there shall be inserted the words or “Trinidad and Tobago”.]

Textual Amendments

F4By 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12, it is provided (1.1.1996) that Sch. 3 paras. 7 and 8 are repealed.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4The text of Sch. 2 para. 7 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and it does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

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[F58U.K.In the proviso to subsection (2) of section six of the M11Merchant Shipping Act, 1948, at the end there shall be added the words “Trinidad and Tobago”.]

Textual Amendments

F5By 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12, it is provided (1.1.1996) that Sch. 3 para. 7 and 8 are repealed

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5The text of Sch. 2 para. 8 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and it does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

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11U.K.In the M12Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934 the expression “British ship to which this Act applies” shall not include a British ship registered in Trinidad and Tobago.

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CopyrightU.K.

13U.K. . . . F9

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Commonwealth InstituteU.K.

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Textual Amendments

F11Sch. 2 para. 15 repealed (7.1.2003) by 2002 c. 39, ss. 3, 4(2), Sch. 3

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