Statutory Instruments
JUDICIAL COMMITTEE
Made
25th April 1978
Coming into Operation
17th May 1978
At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 25th day of April 1978
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1(1) of the Judicial Committee Amendment Act 1895 and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
1. This Order may be cited as the Judicial Committee (Barbados) Order 1978 and shall come into operation on 17th May 1978.
2. The Supreme Court of Barbados is hereby named as a superior court for the purposes of the Judicial Committee Amendment Act 1895.
N.E. Leigh
Clerk of the Privy Council
Section 1(1) of the Judicial Committee Amendment Act 1895 provides that, if any person being or having been Chief Justice or a judge of the supreme court or of a superior court of certain of Her Majesty's dominions specified in the said Act, or of any other superior court in Her Majesty's dominions named in that behalf by Her Majesty in Council, is a member of Her Majesty's Privy Council, he shall be a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. This Order names the Supreme Court of Barbados as a superior court for the purposes of the said Act.