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1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Virgin Islands Constitution Order 2007.
(2) This Order shall come into force on the day on which the Legislative Council of the Virgin Islands is dissolved next following the day on which this Order is made, which day is in this Order referred to as “the appointed day”.
(3) On the appointed day the following provisions of this Order shall have effect as the Constitution of the Virgin Islands; but until the day after the polling in the first general election in the Virgin Islands after the appointed day—
(a)the office of Premier shall continue to be called Chief Minister;
(b)the Cabinet shall continue to be called the Executive Council; and
(c)no person shall be appointed to the office of Cabinet Secretary.
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