RELEVANT STATUTES

United Kingdom Legislation

The following is a list of the principal items of legislation made in the United Kingdom (statutes and Orders in Council) relating to the Judicial Committee and its proceedings. Appeals from outside the United Kingdom are in many cases also governed by laws made in the countries and territories concerned.

1. General legislation

Judicial Committee Act 1833
Judicial Committee Act 1843
Judicial Committee Act 1844
Court of Chancery Act 1851, section 16
Privy Council Registrar Act 1853
Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876, sections 6 and 25
Judicial Committee Act 1881
Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1887, sections 3 and 5
Judicial Committee Amendment Act 1895
Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1908
Judicial Committee Act 1915
References of appeals to Judicial Committee Order in Council 1909
 (S.R. & O. 1909 No. 1228)
Judicial Committee (General Appellate Jurisdiction) Rules Order 1982
 (S.I. 1982 No. 1676) as amended by -

(a) Judicial Committee (General Appellate Jurisdiction) Rules (Amendment) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003 No. 1879) and

(b) Judicial Committee (General Appellate Jurisdiction) Rules (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005 1139) 

 (c) Judicial Committee (General Appellate Jurisdiction) Rules (Amendment) Order  2008 (S.I. 2008 300) 

   Note:  With effect from 1st September 2003 S.I. 1996 No. 3170 will be revoked and replaced by  S.I. 2003 No. 1879 (see Press Notice below) 

   Practice Direction: Copies of Documents 

 Practice Direction: Applications for costs

 Practice Direction: Form of Documents 

 Note to Agents: Skeleton Arguments 

     Practice Direction: Taxation of Costs (May 2005)

     Appendix re Practice Direction:Taxation of Costs (May 2005)

     Guidelines on Taxation (May 2005) 

     Bill of Costs (Appellants)

     Bill of Costs (Respondents)   

      Practice Note: Delivery of Judgments in the Privy Council

      Note to Agents: Changes to procedure for examination of the Record 

  Judicial Committee (General Appellate Jurisdiction) Rules (Amendment)  2008 

2. Legislation governing particular proceedings

(a) Appeals from outside the United Kingdom

(i) Appeals from independent Commonwealth countries to Her Majesty in Council.

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda Constitution Order 1981 (S.I1981 No.1006),Schedule 1, section 122.        Antigua and Barbuda Appeals to Privy Council Order (S.I. 1967 No. 224, as modified and retitled by the Antigua and Barbuda Modification of Enactments Order 1981, S.I. 1981 No. 1105).

Bahamas, Commonwealth of the

Bahamas Independence Order 1973 (S.I. 1973 No.1080), Schedule,Articles 104(2) and 105. Bahamas (Procedure in Appeals to Privy Council) Order 1964 (S.I. 1964 No. 2042), as amended by the Bahamas (Procedure in Appeals to Privy Council) (Amendment) Order 1973 (S.I. No.1081)

Barbados

Barbados Independence Order 1966 (S.I. 1966 No. 1455), section 11 and Schedule, sections 87 and 88.Barbados (Procedure in Appeals to Privy Council) Order 1966 (S.I. 1966 No. 1456)

Belize

The Belize Independence Order 1981 (S.I. 1981 No. 1107), Schedule 1, section 104.

Jamaica

Jamaica (Constitution) Order 1962 (S.I. 1962 No. 1550), Schedule 2, section 110.Jamaica (Procedure in Appeals to Privy Council) Order 1962 (S.I. 1962 No. 1650)

New Zealand

Order in Council regulating appeals to His Majesty in Council from the Court of Appeal and from the Supreme Court of New Zealand 1910 (S.R. & O. 1910 No. 70), as amended by the New Zealand (Appeals to the Privy Council) (Amendment) Order 1972 (S.I. 1972 No. 1194).

St. Christopher and Nevis

St. Christopher and Nevis Constitution Order 1983 (S.I. 1983 No. 881), Schedule 1, section 99. St. Christopher and Nevis Appeals to Privy Council Order (S.I. 1967 No. 224, as modified and retitled by the St. Christopher and Nevis Modification of Enactments Order 1983, S.I. 1983 No. 882).

St. Lucia

St. Lucia Constitution Order 1978 (S.I. 1978 No. 1901), Schedule 1, section 108.St. Lucia Appeals to Privy Council Order (S.I. 1967 No. 224, as modified and retitled by the St. Lucia Modification of Enactments Order 1978, S.I. 1978 No. 1899).

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

The St. Vincent Constitution Order 1979 (S.I. 1979 No. 916), Schedule 1, section 99. St. Vincent Appeals to Privy Council Order (S.I. 1967 No. 224, as modified and retitled by the St. Vincent Modification of Enactments Order 1979, S.I. 1979 No. 917).

Tuvalu

The Tuvalu Independence Order 1978, Schedule, section 84. The Tuvalu (Appeals to Privy Council) Order 1975 (S.I. 1975 No.1507).

(ii) Appeals from Commonwealth Republics to the Judicial Committee.

Dominica

Commonwealth of Dominica Constitution Order 1978 (S.I. 1978 No. 1027), Schedule 1, section 106 and Schedule 2, paragraphs 9 and 10. Dominica Appeals to Judicial Committee Order (S.I. 1967 No. 224, as amended and retitled by the Dominica Modification of Enactments Order 1978 (S.I. 1978 No. 1030), Schedule, paragraph 10).

Kiribati

Kiribati Independence Order 1979 (S.I. 1979 No. 719), Schedule, section 123. Kiribati Appeals to Judicial Committee Order 1979 (S.I. 1979 No. 720).

Mauritius

Mauritius Independence Order 1968, Schedule, section 81. Mauritius (Appeals to Privy Council) Order 1968 (S.I. 1968 No. 294) Mauritius Appeals to Judicial Committee Order 1992 (S.I. 1992 No. 1716)

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago (Procedure in Appeals to Privy Council) Order in Council 1962 (S.I. 1962 No. 1876) Trinidad and Tobago Appeals to Judicial Committee Order 1976 (S.I. 1976 No. 1915)

(iii) Appeals from the Supreme Court of Brunei Darussalam to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan. (These appeals are referred to the Judicial Committee by virtue of an agreement made between Her Majesty The Queen and His Majesty The Sultan.)

Brunei (Appeals) Act 1989 (1989 c.36).
Brunei (Appeals) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989 No. 2396), as amended by Brunei (Appeals) (Amendment) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998 No. 255).

(iv) Appeals from United Kingdom Overseas Territories.

Anguilla

Anguilla Constitution Order 1982 (S.I. 1982 No. 334), Schedule, section 72.
Anguilla (Appeals to Privy Council) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983 No.1109).

Bermuda

There is no United Kingdom legislation specifically governing appeals from Bermuda.

British Antarctic Territory

British Antarctic Territory Court of Appeal (Appeal to Privy Council) Order 1965 (S.I. 1965 No. 592)

British Indian Ocean Territory

British Indian Ocean Territory (Appeals to Privy Council) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983 No. 1888)

British Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands (Appeals to Privy Council Order) 1967 (S.I. 1967 No. 234), as amended by the Anguilla, Montserrat, and Virgin Islands (Supreme Court) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983 No. 1108), Article 3.

Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands (Appeals to Privy Council) Order 1984 (S.I. 1984 No. 1151).

Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands (Appeals to Privy Council) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985 No. 445)

Gibraltar

Gibraltar Constitution Order 1969, Annex 1, section 62. Gibraltar (Appeals to Privy Council) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985 No. 1199)

Montserrat

Montserrat (Appeals to Privy Council) Order 1967 (S.I. 1967 No. 233), as amended by Anguilla, Montserrat and Virgin Islands (Supreme Court) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983 No. 1108), Article 3.

Pitcairn Order 1970 (S.I. 1970 No.1434) as amended by S.I. 2000 No. 1340 and S.I. 2002 No. 2638

St. Helena

St. Helena Court of Appeal (Appeal to Privy Council) Order 1964 (S.I. 1964 No. 1846), as amended by St. Helena Court of Appeal (Appeal to Privy Council) (Amendment) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990 No. 991).

Turks and Caicos Islands

Turks and Caicos Islands (Appeal to Privy Council) Order 1965 (S.I. 1965 No. 1863), as amended by the Turks and Caicos Islands (Appeal to Privy Council) (Amendment) Order 1973 (S.I. 1973 No. 1084).

The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Cyprus)

The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Appeals to Privy Council) Order in Council 1961 (S.I. 1961 No. 59).

(v) Appeals from the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Channel Islands

Order in Council of 19th May 1671 relating to appeals to His Majesty in Council from Jersey (S.R. & O. Rev 1948 XI p 341). Order in Council regulating Appeals to His Majesty in Council from Guernsey (13th May 1823) (S.R. & O. Rev 1948 XI p 344). Order in Council regulating Appeals to His Majesty in Council from Jersey and Guernsey, 15th July 1835 (S.R. & O. Rev 1948 XI p 347).

Isle of Man

There is no United Kingdom legislation specifically governing appeals from the Isle of Man.

(b) United Kingdom Appeals

(i) Appeals and references in devolution cases.

Scotland Act 1998, sections 33 and 103 and Schedule 6.
Northern Ireland Act 1998, sections 11 and 82 and Schedule 10.
Government of Wales Act 1998, Schedule 8.
Judicial Committee (Devolution Issues) Rules 1999 (S.I. 1999 No. 665) as amended by S.I. 2003 No.1880 and S.I. 2005 No. 1138
Judicial Committee (Powers in Devolution Cases) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999 No. 1320)

Note:   With effect from 1st September 2003 S.I. 1999 No. 665 will be amended by S.I. 2003 No. 1880 which (among other things) substitutes a new Table of Fees (See Press Notice above).

(ii) Appeals from the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.

Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966, section 17. Judicial Committee (Veterinary Surgeons Rules) Order 1967 (S.I. 1967 No. 1150). This Order was amended by the Judicial Committee (General Appellate Jurisdiction) Rules Order 1982 (S.I. 1982 No. 1676).

(iii) Appeals against Pastoral Schemes.

Pastoral Measure 1983, section 9 and Schedule 2.