SCHEDULE 2 TO THE ORDERTHE CONSTITUTION OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS

PART IIITHE LEGISLATURE

Qualifications for elected membership.22

Subject to section 25 of this Constitution, a person shall be qualified to be elected as a member of the Legislative Council if, and shall not be qualified to be so elected unless, he—

a

has attained the age of twenty-one years; and

b

is, on the date of his nomination for election, resident in the Islands and has been so resident for not less than twelve months, in the aggregate, out of the two years immediately preceding that date; and

c

falls into one of the following categories, that is to say—

i

he was born in the Islands; or

ii

he was born outside the Islands of a father or mother either of whom was born in the Islands; or

iii

he has, under the law in force in the Islands regulating immigration, the status of “Belonger”.