TCI Constitution

Acting Governor 26. (1) During any period when the office of Governor is vacant or the Governor is absent from the Islands or is for any reason unable to perform the functions of that office, those functions shall, during Her Majesty’s pleasure, be assumed and performed by the person holding the office of— (a) Deputy Governor; or (b) Attorney General; or (c) Permanent Secretary, Finance, in that order, or by such other person as Her Majesty may designate by instructions given through a Secretary of State. (2) Before assuming the functions of the office of Governor, any such person shall make oaths of allegiance and for the due execution of that office in the forms set out in the Schedule to this Constitution. (3) A person shall not continue to perform the functions of the office of Governor under this section after the person holding that office or some other person having a prior right to perform those functions has notified him or her that he or she is about to assume or resume those functions. (4) For the purposes of this section (and without prejudice to section 131(3)), the Governor shall not be regarded as absent from the Islands or as unable to perform the functions of his or her office at any time when there is a subsisting appointment under section 27.