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“Associate Member State” means a State or territory that has associate membership of the Organisation under Article 3;

“Chief Justice” means the Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court;

“Chief Registrar” means the Chief Registrar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court;

“Director-General” means the Director-General of the Organisation appointed under Article 13.1;

“Directors” means appointees to the highest level of the staff of the OECS Commission below that of the Director-General;

“Dispute Settlement Annex” means the Annex to this Treaty entitled the Annex on Settlement of Disputes;

“Eastern Caribbean Central Bank” means the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank established under the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Agreement;

“Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Agreement” means the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Agreement 1983;

“Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal” means the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court;

“Economic Union” means the Eastern Caribbean Economic Union established by Article 1.1 of the Economic Union Protocol;

“Economic Union Protocol” means the Protocol to this Treaty entitled the Protocol of Eastern Caribbean Economic Union;

“external” means, except in Article 16, external to the group comprising Member States of the Organisation;

“full Member State” means a State or territory that has full membership of the Organisation under Article 3;

“Member State” means a full Member State or an Associate Member State of the Organisation;

“Monetary Council” means the Monetary Council under the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Agreement;

“OECS Assembly” means the OECS Assembly established by Article 7.1(c);

“OECS Authority” means the Authority of Heads of Government of the Member States of the Organisation established by Article 7.1(a);

“OECS Commission” means the OECS Commission established by Article 7.1(e);

“OECS Secretariat” means the Secretariat of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States under the Treaty of Basseterre 1981;

“Organisation” means the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States established under the Treaty of Basseterre 1981 and continued under Article 2;

“third countries” or “third States” means countries or States, as the case may be, which are not Member States of the Organisation;

“Treaty of Basseterre 1981” means the Treaty establishing the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States done at Basseterre on 18^th June 1981.

1.2 Where any office under this Treaty becomes vacant for any reason, including death, incapacity, resignation, or termination for cause, unless otherwise provided, the person or body with the right to appoint to the office may make a new appointment thereto, and that new appointment may be for a new term of office or for the remainder of the unexpired period or may be an acting appointment for such lesser period as that person or body may choose.