MONTSERRAT.

2 British Car/bbean Shipping No. 3 of 1955.
(Agreement ).

AND WHERHAS the Government of Mont-
serrat having agreed and undertaken to ratify and
confirm the said Agreement as executed for it and
on its behalf it is expedient to make provision in
the Presidency to ratify and give effect to the said

’ Agreement.

Short title.

Interpreta-
tion.

Fulfilment of
Agreement.

Oontribution
to subsidy.

Duration of
Agreement
for purposes
of Ordinance.

ENACTED by the Legislature of Montserrat.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the
British Caribbean Shipping (Agreement) Ordi-
nance, 1955. ~

2. In this Ordinance—

“the Agreement” means the Agreement set
out in the Schedule to this Ordinance;

“the Company” means the West Indies
Navigation Company Limited referred to
in the Agreement.

3. With a view to the fulfilment of the
Agreement in and by the Presidency the terms and
conditions of the Agreement are hereby ratified and
the provisions thereof insofar as they relate to the
Presidency shall have the force of law as if enacted
in this Ordinance.

4. The Treasurer shall, on the warrant of

the Governor, pay out of the revenue and other.

funds of the Presidency, in accurdance with the
terms and conditions of the Agreement, the pro-
portion of the annual sum specified in the Third
Schedule to the Agreement as being payable by

the Government of the Presidency to the Company.

5. (1) For the purposes of this Ordinance
the Agreement shall be deemed to be in force
unless and until the Governor with the advice of
the Executive Council by order declares that the
Agreement has céased or is for the purposes of this
Ordinance to be deemed to have ceased, to be in
force.

(2) An Order may be made under this section
declaring that the Agreement has ceased to be in
force if the Governor with the advice of the

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