Interpretation

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, ”Agreement” means the Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice, signed at Bridgetown, Barbados, on the 14th day of February, 2001, the text of which is set out in the First Schedule; “appeal” means an appeal to the Court; “appellant” means the party appealing from a judgment; “Commission” means the Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission established by Article V of the Agreement; “Contracting Party” means a Contracting Party within the meaning of Article I of the Agreement; “Court” means the Caribbean Court of Justice established by the Agreement; “Court of Appeal” means the Court of Appeal established under section 94 of the Belize Constitution, Cap. 4; 6 “judgment” includes a conviction, decree, ruling, sentence, order or decision; “party” means any party to proceedings before the Court; “Protocols” means, (a) the Protocol to the Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice relating to the Tenure of Judges, Rules of Court, Financial Arrangements and Withdrawal from Agreement as well as the Relationship between Provisions on the Jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice and the Constitutions of States Parties; (b) the Protocol to the Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice Relating to the Tenure of Office of Judges of the Court, respectively set forth in Parts 1 and 11 of the Second Schedule. “record” means the documents relating to proceedings before the Court, including the pleadings, evidence, judgments and exhibits required by this Act to be filed or laid before the “relevant judgment” means the judgment which is the subject of an appeal; “Rules of Court” means the Rules of Court made pursuant to Article XXI (1) and Article XXV(7) of the Agreement; “Treaty” means the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas establishing the Caribbean Community including the CARICOM Single Market and Economy that was signed in The Bahamas on the 5th day of July, 2001. 7