(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order establishes a new Constitution of the Falkland Islands. The new Constitution sets out a modernised Chapter on fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual. It provides for a Governor as Her Majesty’s representative in the Islands. It provides for a Legislative Assembly composed of eight elected and two ex officio members, and for an Executive Council composed of three of the elected members of the Assembly and two ex officio members. It also provides for finance, the public service, the administration of justice, and a Complaints Commissioner.
The Order revokes the Falkland Islands Constitution Order 1985 (as amended), to which the current Constitution is scheduled.