1 Operation of existing law. _cross-notes

(1) Subject to subsection (3) below, all law to which this section applies, whether being a rule of law or a provision of an Act or Parliament or of any other enactment or instrument whatsoever, which is in force on such a date as Her Majesty may specify by Order in Council (in this Act referred to as “ the appointed day ”), or, having been passed or made before that date, comes into force thereafter, shall, unless and until provision to the contrary is made by Parliament or some other authority having power in that behalf, have the same operation in relation to Trinidad and Tobago, and persons and things belonging to or connected with Trinidad and Tobago, as it would have had apart from this subsection if Trinidad and Tobago had not become a republic.

(2) This section applies to law of, or of any part of, the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man and, in relation only to any enactment of the Parliament of the United Kingdom or any Order in Council made by virtue of any such enactment whereby any such enactment applies in relation to Trinidad and Tobago, to law of any other country or territory to which that enactment or Order extends.

^F1 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) The section shall have effect from the appointed day.

2 Judicial Committee of Privy Council.

(1) Her Majesty may by Order in Council confer on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council such jurisdiction and powers as may be appropriate in cases in which provision is made by the law of Trinidad and Tobago for appeals to the Committee from courts of Trinidad and Tobago.

(2) Any Order in Council under this section may contain such incidental and supplemental provisions as appear to Her Majesty to be expedient.

^F2 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) ^M1 Except so far as otherwise provided by or in accordance with an Order in Council under this section, and subject to such modifications as may be so provided, the Judicial Committee Act 1833 shall have effect in relation to appeals in respect of which jurisdiction is conferred under this section as it has effect in relation to appeals to Her Majesty in Council.

(5) An Order in Council under this section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent Order in Council.

3 Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Trinidad and Tobago Republic Act 1976.