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CONSOLIDATED INDEX OF LAWS AND SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION as at 1st May, 2009

Compiled by the Law Revision Commissioner, Cayman Islands Government

Note

This Index is published for the information of users and is not intended to be an authoritative statement of locally enacted legislation nor of United Kingdom Acts and Orders in Council in force in, or applying to, the Cayman Islands. However, every care has been taken to ensure that it is as accurate as possible. If any errors or omissions appear therein, they should be drawn to the attention of the Law Revision Commissioner, P.O. Box 2394 GT, Grand Cayman KY1-1105, Cayman Islands, Telephone (1-345)-945-4731, in order that they may be corrected or included in the next annual Index.

Hyperlinks to Laws in Force

The Consolidated Index of Laws and Subsidiary Legislation that is published on this website is hyperlinked to the individual laws, subsidiary legislation, and UK Statutory Instruments referenced in the Index. Use of the Index to access the laws directly is a lot easier and quicker than having to peruse the relevant Gazette supplements with which the laws were published, under “Gazette” on the government website (www.gov.ky). What is more, the gazette supplements can only be used to peruse laws ordinarily gazetted since the 4th October, 2004, and as supplements to an Extraordinary Gazette since the 24th September, 2004, whereas the Index is hyperlinked to laws, subsidiary legislation, and UK Statutory instruments gazetted since and prior to those dates.

Hyperlink to PDF Version of Gazetted Consolidated Index of Laws And Subsidiary Legislation As At 1st May, 2009

The Consolidated Index of Laws And Subsidiary Legislation as at 1st May, 2009, was published as Supplement No. 2 with Gazette No. 14 of the 7th July, 2009. The PDF version of the gazetted Index may be found at the following link: http://www.caymanjudicial-legalinfo.com.ky/Laws/Laws-In-Force/ConsolidatedIndex2009.pdf


CONTENTS

The legislation listed in this Index is in three Parts.

1. Part 1 consists of-

(a) Laws made by the Legislative Assembly of the Cayman Islands which are in force or which have not yet been brought into force, and which have not been consolidated and revised.

(b) Subsidiary legislation made by the Governor in Cabinet which is in force or which has not yet been brought into force, and which has not been consolidated and revised.

(c) Consolidated and revised editions of Cayman Islands Laws and subsidiary legislation which have been published under the authority of the Law Revision Law (1999 Revision) and which have neither been repealed nor been replaced by a subsequent revision.

2. Part 2 consists of the Constitution of the Cayman Islands, Royal Instructions and various measures made by the Governor or the Legislative Assembly.

3. Part 3 consists of Statutory Instruments made in the United Kingdom under an Imperial Act which have been published in the Gazette since 1974 or which have been referred to in Statutory Instruments so published and includes subsidiary legislation made by the Governor or the Governor in Cabinet under the authority of an Act or Statutory Instrument of the United Kingdom.



GUIDE TO REFERENCES

1. Laws (which have not been revised):

These are referred to by their number and year of enactment and are indexed according to the number of the Gazette, the year of publication and the number assigned to the supplement containing the law-

eg “G17/1999 s3” means issued as supplement No. 3 with Gazette No. 17 of 1999.

2. Subsidiary Legislation (which has not been revised):

These are referred to by their citation and are indexed according to the number of the Gazette, the year of publication, the number assigned to the Supplement containing such subsidiary legislation or, where it does not appear as a Supplement to the Gazette, the page of the Gazette on which it is. They are listed under the law or revised law under which they were made or by virtue of which they remain in force.

3. Revised laws and revised subsidiary legislation:

These contain in their short title a calendar year which indicates the year in which the revision took place. In respect of laws and subsidiary legislation which have been revised more than once, only the current revision is listed. The first page of each revision sets out the short title of the original law or subsidiary legislation and the number and year of the original law and of each amending enactment or the citation of the amending subsidiary legislation. Where such number or citation is followed by the word “(part)”, this indicates that the amending enactment contains other provisions not relevant to and not included in that particular revision.

Each revision is referred to in the same manner as laws and subsidiary legislation.

4. Citation of dates:

Where a date is given, reference is made to the day, month and year in that order-eg 10.05.97 means 10th May 1997.

5. United Kingdom Acts of Parliament and United Kingdom Statutory Instruments

The UK Acts are referred to by a calendar year which indicates the year of enactment followed, in brackets, by a chapter number which indicates the manner in which they are cited in the United Kingdom. United Kingdom Statutory Instruments are referred to by a calendar year followed by a number which indicates the year in which they were made and the reference number by which they are cited.

6. Abbreviations:

“C.” means the chapter number of a United Kingdom Act of Parliament;

“G” means the Official Gazette of the Cayman Islands;

“GE” means an Extraordinary Gazette and is followed either by its number (1995 on) or by the date on which it was published (up to 1995);

“GN” means Government Notice;

“p” means a page of the Gazette;

“s” means a supplement to the Gazette; and

“UKSI” means a United Kingdom Statutory Instrument.

7.All Laws and Acts are, in each Part, listed alphabetically, and immediately following each such Law, the subsidiary legislation made under it is also listed alphabetically.