Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

21.   Treatment of visiting force to be similar to police force

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   (1)   Where under any enactment a power is exercisable by any authority or person—

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      (a)     respecting the police force, its members, its service courts or any other person connected therewith; or

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      (b)     respecting any property used or to be used for the purposes of the police force, or for taking possession of any property to be so used, or for acquiring, whether by agreement or compulsorily, any property so used or to be used,

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   the Minister may by Order provide that the power be exercisable by that authority or person, as the case may be, in the case of a visiting force to which the order applies to any extent to which it would be exercisable if the visiting force were a part of the police force.

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   (2)   The Minister may, by Order—

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      (a)     exempt a visiting force or its members, its service courts, any other person connected therewith or any property used or to be used for the purposes thereof from the operation of any enactment specified in the Order to any extent to which the force, members, service courts, persons or property would be, or would be capable of being exempted, if the visiting force were a part of the police force; and

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      (b)     confer on the visiting force or any members, courts, persons or property referred to in paragraph (a) any other privilege or immunity specified in the order, being a privilege or immunity that would be enjoyed, by, or would be capable of being conferred on, the police force, members, courts, persons or property, if the visiting force were part of the police force.

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   (3)   Where under any enactment the doing of anything is prohibited, restricted or required in relation to—

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      (a)     the police force, its members, its service courts or any other person connected therewith; or

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      (b)     any property used or to be used for the purposes of the police force,

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   the Minister may by Order, extend the prohibition, restriction or requirement to any visiting force in the same manner as if the visiting force were a part of the police force.

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   (4)   An Order made under this section may contain such incidental, consequential and supplementary provisions as the Minister thinks necessary for the purposes of the Order, including provisions for applying, modifying, adapting or suspending any enactment.

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   (5)   Subsections (1) and (4) apply whether the power is exercisable, or the prohibition, restriction or requirement is imposed, by a provision expressly relating to the police force or by a more general provision; and subsection (3) applies whether the exemption, privilege or immunity subsists, or is capable of being conferred, under such a provision or by reason of any enactment not binding the Crown.