The Regional Law Revision Centre in Anguilla has again successfully conducted another training course on the Consolidation of Laws. During the past week, the five trainees comprised two from the Ministry of Legal Affairs and the Law Revision Commission in Trinidad and Tobago; one each from the Law Reform Commission and the Legislative Drafting Unit in the Attorney General’s Chambers in the British Virgin Islands; and the other from the Drafting Unit in the Attorney General’s Chambers in Anguilla.

L-R: Acting AG Ivor Greene, Ms. Yolande Dash, Governor Harrison and trainees

The two-day course was conducted by Ms. Yolande Dash, instructor at the Law Revision Centre. During the period 1993-1997, Ms. Dash worked as Consultant/Manager at the Law Revision Commission of Trinidad and Tobago developing the publishing unit within the Ministry. She subsequently left Trinidad to perform similar assignments for the Overseas Territories of Turks and Caicos Islands, Anguilla and Montserrat. Based in Anguilla, she continues to maintain an advisory relationship with the Trinidad Ministry.

Ms. Dash explained that the course participants from outside the island came here as the Anguilla Consolidation of Laws course was the only one being offered in the region. She said the consolidation process involved the amending and consolidating of laws over the years into principal legislation to make it easier for reference and research.
This was the second programme, Ms Dash stated. Since its commissioning in 2007, the Law Revision Centre has updated the laws of Anguilla and Montserrat and is currently updating those of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
She said the Consolidation of Laws Programme was aimed at showing the Attorneys General staff in the islands how to consolidation their laws. The training sessions covered such subject areas as the preparation of legislation in electronic and hard copy versions, making amendments, proof-reading techniques, and the submission of legislation to the Law Revision Centre.

Governor Alistair Harrison distributed certificates to the course participants. He said it was an extremely difficult task for persons seeking to know what the law was, to have to go through disorganized papers and gazettes to do so. “Those who are diligent enough to find out what the law is, ought to be able to do it reasonably easy and that’s what you are all engaged in doing,” he told the participants, in congratulating them.

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