- Latest available (Revised)
- Point in Time (01/02/1991)
- Original (As enacted)
Version Superseded: 28/03/2009
Point in time view as at 01/02/1991.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Jamaica Independence Act 1962.
Revised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. At the current time any known changes or effects made by subsequent legislation have been applied to the text of the legislation you are viewing by the editorial team. Please see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ for details regarding the timescales for which new effects are identified and recorded on this site.
(1)As from the sixth day of August, nineteen hundred and sixty-two (in this Act referred to as “the appointed day”), Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom shall have no responsibility for the government of Jamaica.
(2)No Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on or after the appointed day shall extend, or be deemed to extend, to Jamaica as part of the law thereof; and as from that day the provisions of the First Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the legislative powers of Jamaica.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
Textual Amendments
F1S. 2 repealed by British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61, SIF 87), Sch. 9
(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
(2)As from the appointed day—
(a)the expression “colony” in the M1Army Act 1955, the M2Air Force Act 1955, and the M3Naval Discipline Act 1957, shall not include Jamaica, and
(b )in the definitions of “Commonwealth force” in subsection (1) of section two hundred and twenty-five and subsection (1) of section two hundred and twenty-three respectively of the said Acts of 1955, and in the definition of “Commonwealth country” in subsection (1) of section one hundred and thirty-five of the said Act of 1957, for the words “or Tanganyika” there shall be substituted the words “Tanganyika or Jamaica”;
and no Order in Council made on or after the appointed day under section one of the M4Army and Air Force Act 1961 shall operate to continue either of the said Acts of 1955 in force as part of the law of Jamaica.
(3)For the purposes of the making, on or after the appointed day, of Orders in Council under the M5West Indies Act 1962 and for the purposes of the making on or after that day of grants under section eight of that Act, Jamaica shall be treated as not being a colony within the meaning of that Act.
(4)Subsection (3) of section five of the M6West Indies Act 1962 (which enables provision made by Order in Council for the government of the Cayman Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands to include provision for the performance of functions by the legislature or other authorities of Jamaica, or by any court of Jamaica) is hereby repealed as from the appointed day:
Provided that this subsection shall not affect—
(a)the operation (whether as part of the law of Jamaica or as part of the law of the Cayman Islands or of the Turks and Caicos Islands) of any Order in Council made before the appointed day, or
(b)the exercise, on or after the appointed day, of any power to revoke or vary an Order in Council made before that day, in so far as any such Order forms part of the law of the Cayman Islands or of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
(5)As from the appointed day, the provisions specified in the Second Schedule to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments respectively specified in that Schedule, . . . F3
(6)The last preceding subsection shall not extend to Jamaica as part of the law thereof.
Textual Amendments
F2S. 3(1) repealed by Interpretation Act 1978 (c.30, SIF 115:1), Sch. 3
F3Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c. 52), Sch. Pt. VI
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of S. 3(2)(b), Sch. 2 paras. 2 & 6(a) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and,except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Marginal Citations
(1)In this Act, and in any amendment made by this Act in any other enactment, “Jamaica” includes the islands known as the Morant Cays and the Pedro Cays and any other territories which at the passing of this Act are dependencies of the Colony of Jamaica, but does not include the Cayman Islands or the Turks and Caicos Islands; and in any Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed after the passing of this Act, and in any instrument made after the passing of this Act by virtue of an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (whenever passed), the expression “Jamaica” shall be taken to have the same meaning as in this Act unless a contrary intention is expressed in that Act or instrument, as the case may be.
(2)References in this Act to any enactment are references to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any other enactment.
This Act may be cited as the Jamaica Independence Act 1962.
Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.
Original (As Enacted or Made): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.
Point in Time: This becomes available after navigating to view revised legislation as it stood at a certain point in time via Advanced Features > Show Timeline of Changes or via a point in time advanced search.
Geographical Extent: Indicates the geographical area that this provision applies to. For further information see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’.
Show Timeline of Changes: See how this legislation has or could change over time. Turning this feature on will show extra navigation options to go to these specific points in time. Return to the latest available version by using the controls above in the What Version box.
Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
This timeline shows the different points in time where a change occurred. The dates will coincide with the earliest date on which the change (e.g an insertion, a repeal or a substitution) that was applied came into force. The first date in the timeline will usually be the earliest date when the provision came into force. In some cases the first date is 01/02/1991 (or for Northern Ireland legislation 01/01/2006). This date is our basedate. No versions before this date are available. For further information see the Editorial Practice Guide and Glossary under Help.
Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
Click 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including: