Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

2.   Interpretation

In this Act —

Annex” means the Common Market Annex to the Treaty establishing the Caribbean Common Market;

“Community” has the same meaning assigned to it in the Schedule to the Caribbean Community Act;

Council” means the Common Market Council of Ministers established under article 5 of the Annex to the Treaty;

Customs Tariff” means the Common External Tariff of the Community referred to in Schedule 4;

$” means the Eastern Caribbean dollar;

goods of common market origin” means goods consigned from a member state of the Caribbean Common Market to a consignee in another member State of the Caribbean Common Market and which comply with the conditions set out in the Intra Caribbean Trade Agreement Act;

member States of the Caribbean Common Market” means the member states listed in Schedule 1;

member States of the East Caribbean Common Market” means the member states listed in Schedule 2;

“Minister” means the Minister responsible for Customs;

tariff headings” means the headings in the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System for the classifications of goods in the Customs Tariff.

(Amended by S.I. 3/1993 and Act 8 of 2012)