Interpretation2.

(1)

In this Order –

“Constitution” means the Falkland Islands Constitution or the St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution;

“Falkland Islands Constitution” means the Constitution of the Falkland Islands set out in the Schedule to the Falkland Islands Constitution Order 20083;

“legislative body” means –

(a)

in relation to the Falkland Islands, the Legislative Assembly4;

(b)

in relation to St Helena, the Legislative Council5;

“meeting” includes sitting as defined in section 100(1) of the Falkland Islands Constitution and in section 115 of the St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution;

“St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution” means the Constitution of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha set out in the Schedule to the St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order 20096;

“Territory” means the Falkland Islands or St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha;

“virtual meeting” means a meeting of a legislative body in which some or all members of the body are not physically present together but are in communication with one another by electronic means, and in which all the members (present and participating) are able to communicate with one another, to hear and be heard, and to have had access to all of the documents considered at the meeting; and it shall be for the members to agree that the means of communication in use are sufficient for the meeting to proceed.

(2)

In the application of this Order to a particular Territory, the expression “the Territory” means that Territory, and any reference to “the Constitution” means the Constitution of that Territory.