The Virgin Islands (Constitution) (Amendment)Order 2000

Transitional provisions

15.—(1) Any person who, immediately before the day on which section 11 of this Order comes into force, holds or is acting in the office of a member of the Public Service Commission shall, on and after that day, continue to hold or act in that office as if he had been appointed to hold or act in it by the Governor acting in his discretion or, as the case may be, after consultation with the Civil Service Association in accordance with section 51 of the Constitution as amended by this Order:

• Provided that any such person who under or by virtue of this Constitution would have been required to vacate his office at the expiration of any period shall vacate his office at the expiration of that period.

(2) Any regulations made by the Governor in pursuance of section 52(2) or 53 of the Constitution before the day on which sections 12 and 13 of this Order come into force shall have effect on and after that day as if they had made in pursuance of section 52(2) or 53 of the Constitution as amended by this Order.