Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

2.   Interpretation

In this Act—

civil court” means a court of ordinary criminal jurisdiction in Saint Lucia and includes a court of summary jurisdiction;

Coordinator” means the Regional Security Coordinator of the Regional Security System established by the Treaty;

dependant” means, with reference to a military member or to a member of the police force, the spouse of the member or a child of the member depending on him or her for support;

Headquarters Agreement” means the Agreement between the Government of Barbados and the Regional Security System regarding the Headquarters seat of the RSS set out in Schedule 2;

Member State” means a Member State of the Regional Security System;

military member” means a member of the armed forces of a Member State or a police member;

police member” means a member of the police force of a Member State or a military member;

service court” includes a court-martial and the service authorities of a member State who are empowered by the laws of that State to deal with disciplinary charges;

service personnel” means personnel of the defence force or police force of a Member State;

System” or “RSS” means the Regional Security System established by the Treaty;

Treaty” means the Treaty Establishing the Regional Security System done at St. George's on 5 March 1996 and the text of which is set out in Schedule 1.