Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006

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The Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006 is the UK statutory instrument that modernized Gibraltar’s constitutional framework, expanding its self-government while retaining British sovereignty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
statutory instrument ⓘ
affirms that Gibraltar remains under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom ⓘ
appliesTo Gibraltar ⓘ
approvedBy referendum in Gibraltar ⓘ
cameIntoForce 2007-01-02 ⓘ
chiefMinisterAppointedBy Governor of Gibraltar ⓘ
chiefMinisterChosenFrom elected members of the Gibraltar Parliament ⓘ
contains provisions on citizenship and nationality references ⓘ
provisions on emergency powers ⓘ
provisions on public finance ⓘ
provisions on public service appointments ⓘ
provisions on the judiciary of Gibraltar ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
defines powers of the Gibraltar Parliament ⓘ
powers of the Government of Gibraltar ⓘ
relationship between Gibraltar and the United Kingdom ⓘ
describedAs modernized constitutional relationship between Gibraltar and the UK ⓘ
enactedBy Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
establishes Gibraltar Parliament ⓘ
headOfState Charles III ⓘ
includes Bill of Rights for Gibraltar ⓘ
fundamental rights and freedoms provisions ⓘ
jurisdiction Gibraltar ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalForm Order in Council ⓘ
linked to: Orders of Council
legalSystemContext common law ⓘ
madeUnder British Overseas Territories Act 2002 ⓘ
negotiatedBetween Government of Gibraltar and Government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
providesFor appointment of Chief Minister of Gibraltar ⓘ
purpose to expand Gibraltar’s self-government ⓘ
to modernize Gibraltar’s constitutional framework ⓘ
recognizes right to self-government in internal affairs ⓘ
referendumDate 2006-11-30 ⓘ
referendumMajority yes vote ⓘ
replaced Gibraltar Constitution Order 1969 ⓘ
replacedBody House of Assembly of Gibraltar ⓘ
representedBy Governor of Gibraltar ⓘ
reservesToUK defence ⓘ
external affairs ⓘ
internal security in certain circumstances ⓘ
retains British sovereignty over Gibraltar ⓘ
setsNumberOfElectedMembers 17 ⓘ
shortTitle Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006 ⓘ
subjectMatter constitutional law ⓘ
territorialStatusAddressed British Overseas Territory ⓘ
typeOfInstrument secondary legislation of the United Kingdom ⓘ
yearOfOrder 2006 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Governor of Gibraltar → legalBasis → Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006 ⓘ
Parliament of Gibraltar → reformedBy → Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006 ⓘ
Government of Gibraltar → constitutionalDocument → Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006 ⓘ
Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006 → includes → Bill of Rights for Gibraltar ⓘ
linked to: Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006
Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006 → shortTitle → Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006 ⓘ
Constitution of Gibraltar → subjectOf → Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006 ⓘ
Constitution of Gibraltar → promulgatedBy → Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006 ⓘ
Chief Minister of Gibraltar → constitutingInstrument → Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006 ⓘ
Gibraltar general elections → governingDocument → Gibraltar Constitution Order 2006 ⓘ