Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

11.   References in enactments

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   (1)   A reference in an enactment to any other enactment shall be construed as a reference to that other enactment as amended by or under any other enactment, including the enactment in which the reference is made.

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   (2)   A reference in an enactment to any statute passed either before or after the commencement of this Act by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, or to any instrument made under any such statute, shall be construed as a reference to that statute or instrument as it applies in the Island; and any such statute or instrument shall be read with such formal alterations as to names, localities, courts, officers, persons, moneys, penalties and otherwise as may be necessary to make such Act applicable to the circumstances.

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   (3)   Where in any enactment reference is made to a provision of an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom and that provision is subsequently repealed and re-enacted without substantial modification such reference shall if the context so requires be construed as a reference to the provision as so re-enacted.

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   (4)   A reference in an enactment by number or letter to a Part, Chapter, section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph or other division of another enactment, or of an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, shall be construed as a reference to such Part, Chapter, section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph or other division of such other enactment or Act as printed by authority of law.

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   (5)   A reference in an enactment by number or letter to 2 or more Parts, Chapters, divisions, sections, subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, schedules, instruments or forms shall be construed as including the number or letter first mentioned and the number or letter last mentioned.

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   (6)   Where in an enactment reference is made to a Part, Chapter, division, section, schedule or form without anything in the context to indicate that a reference to a Part, Chapter, division, section, schedule or form of some other enactment is intended, the reference shall be construed as a reference to a Part, Chapter, division, section, schedule or form of the enactment in which the reference is made.

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   (7)   Where in a section of an enactment reference is made to a subsection, paragraph, subparagraph or other division without anything in the context to indicate that a reference to a subsection, paragraph, subparagraph or other division of some other section or provision is intended, the reference shall be construed as a reference to a subsection, paragraph, subparagraph or other division of the section in which the reference is made.

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   (8)   Where in a schedule or part of a schedule to an enactment reference is made to a paragraph, subparagraph or other division without anything in the context to indicate that a reference to a paragraph, subparagraph, or other division of some other enactment or division is intended, the reference shall be construed as a reference to the paragraph, subparagraph or other division of the schedule or the part of the schedule in which the reference is made.

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   (9)   Where in an enactment reference is made to a statutory instrument or statutory document, without anything in the context to indicate that a reference to a statutory instrument or statutory document made under some other enactment is intended, the reference shall be construed as a reference to a statutory instrument or statutory document, as the case may be, made under the enactment in which the reference is made.

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   (10)   A reference in an enactment to any power exercisable, to any statutory instrument or statutory document made or issued, or to any act or thing done under any other enactment or any Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom shall include a reference to a power exercisable, a statutory instrument or statutory document made or issued or act or thing done by virtue of that other enactment or Act or of any statutory instrument or statutory document made or issued under or by virtue of that other enactment or Act.

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   (11)   The expression “herein” when used in a section or other division of an enactment passed or made after the commencement of this Act shall relate to the whole enactment and not to that section or division only.