SEN Motions 04.11.21 – Grenada Parliament

Motions

GRENADA
STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS
NO. OF 2021
RESOLUTION FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 17 (5) OF THE
CONSTITUTION

WHEREAS there has been a worldwide outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and on the 11th day March 2020 the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak a pandemic; AND WHEREAS on the 22nd day of March 2020 the Ministry of Health of the Government of Grenada confirmed the first case of COVID-19 in the State of Grenada;

AND WHEREAS on the 11th day of January 2021 the Governor-General, by Proclamation pursuant to section 17 of the Constitution, declared that a state of emergency exists in the State of Grenada when Parliament was not sitting;

AND WHEREAS section 17 (2) (b) of the Constitution provides that, where a declaration is made when Parliament is not sitting, a declaration of emergency shall lapse at the expiration of a period of twenty-one days beginning with the date of publication of the declaration unless it has in the meantime been approved by a resolution of both Houses of Parliament;

AND WHEREAS section 17 (5) of the Constitution provides that a resolution of a House of Parliament passed for the purposes of section 17 of the Constitution shall remain in force for six months or such shorter period as may be specified therein, Provided that any such resolution may be extended from time to time by
a further such resolution, each extension not exceeding six months from the date of the resolution effecting the extension;

AND WHEREAS on the 15th day of January 2021 a majority of the House of Representatives passed a resolution that the declaration of emergency by the Governor-General dated the 11th day of January 2021 be approved for the period ending on the 14th day of July 2021;

AND WHEREAS on the 27th day of January 2021 a majority of the Senate passed a resolution that the declaration of emergency by the Governor-General dated the 11th day of January 2021 be approved for the period ending on the 14th day of July 2021;

AND WHEREAS on the 21st day of May 2021 a majority of the House of Representatives passed a resolution extending the declaration of emergency by the Governor-General dated the 11th day of January 2021 to the period ending on the 20th day of November 2021;

AND WHEREAS on the 2nd day of June 2021 a majority of the Senate passed a resolution extending the declaration of emergency by the Governor-General dated the 11th day of January 2021 to the period ending on the 20th day of November 2021;

AND WHEREAS on the 2nd day of November 2021 a majority of the House of Representatives passed a resolution extending the declaration of emergency by the Governor-General dated the 11th day of January 2021 to the period ending on the 1st day of May 2022;

AND WHEREAS the Leader of Government’s Business proposes that the Senate make a Resolution to extend the resolution of the Senate dated the 2nd day of June 2021;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by a majority of all the members of the Senate the resolution of the Senate dated the 2nd day of June 2021 approving the declaration of emergency by the Governor-General dated the 11th day of January 2021 as set out in the Schedule to this Resolution is hereby extended to the period ending on the 1st day of May 2022.

SCHEDULE

Passed by the Senate this day of 2021.
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Clerk to the Senate