40. Definitions for official purposes
In an enactment the expression—
“Associated States” means those territories which have assumed and which maintain a status of association with the United Kingdom in accordance with the West Indies Act 1967 of the United Kingdom;
“British possession” means any British colony or Protectorate or protected State, or any Territory administered by Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom or by the Government of any part of Her Majesty's dominions under the trusteeship system of the United Nations and in any enactment passed or made before the commencement of the Statute of Westminister, 1931, includes Canada, Australia and New Zealand;
“Cabinet” means the Cabinet of Ministers for Saint Lucia established by section 61 of the Constitution;
“colony”, where the context so permits, includes a British protectorate or protected state and any territory administered as aforesaid under the trusteeship system of the United Nations;
“Commonwealth” means the Island, the United Kingdom, Associated States and Colonies, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Ghana, Malaysia, Nigeria, Cyprus, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Malta, Zambia, The Gambia, Singapore, Barbados, Guyana, Botswana, Lesotho and Southern Rhodesia and dependency of any such country.
However, the Cabinet may by order published in the Gazette add any country to or delete any country from the countries so specified;
“Consolidated Fund” means the Consolidated Fund established by section 77 of the Constitution;
“Constitution” means the Saint Lucia Constitution;
“Crown Agents” means all or any of the persons designated Crown Agents in the United Kingdom for Overseas Governments and Administrations;
“Dominion” means Canada, Australia and New Zealand;
“Eastern Caribbean” means Antigua, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, Montserrat, Dominica, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana and the dependencies of any of them;
“Gazette” or “Official Gazette” means the Saint Lucia Gazette published by order of the Government and includes supplements thereto and any Extraordinary Gazette so published;
“gazetted” means published in the Gazette;
“Government” means the Government of the Island;
“Government Notice” means any announcement whether or not of a legislative character made in the Gazette by or with the authority of the Government;
“Government Printer” includes any printer purporting to be the printer authorised to print enactments and other documents of the Government;
“Governor General” means the Governor General of Saint Lucia and shall include any person or persons administering the Government;
“Judicial and Legal Services Commission” means the Judicial and Legal Services Commission established by section 18 of the Supreme Court Order;
“Leader of the Opposition” means the Leader of the Opposition appointed under section 67 of the Constitution;
“Minister” means the Prime Minister or other Minister having responsibility for the subject matter of the enactment in respect of which that expression is used;
“Oath of allegiance” means the oath of allegiance set out in the Schedule 4 to the Constitution;
“payable by warrant” means payable out of the Consolidated Fund upon the authority of a warrant under the hand of the Minister responsible for finance or of some person authorised by him or her in writing;
“Police Force” means the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force constituted and maintained under the provisions of the Police Act;
“Prime Minister” means the Prime Minister appointed under section 60 of the Constitution;
“prescribed” means prescribed in or under the enactment in which that expression occurs;
“Proclamation” means a Proclamation made by the Governor General under the Public Seal;
“public office” means any office of emolument in the public service;
“public officer” means a person holding or acting in any public office;
“public service” means the service of the Crown in a civil capacity in respect of the Government;
“Public Service Commission” means the Public Service Commission established by section 85 of the Constitution;
“Public Seal” or “Great Seal” means the Public Seal of the Island;
“Public Treasury” or “Treasury” means the Treasury of the Island;
“Statutory board” means any board, commission, committee, council or other like body established by or under an enactment;
“United Kingdom” means the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.