Constitutional change
St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order, 2009
A new constitution gave the three islands equal constitutional status, ending the earlier dependency arrangement.
What happened
On 1 September 2009, a new constitution gave Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha equal status.[1]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: The territory was named "Saint Helena and Dependencies" until a new constitution came into force on 1 September 2009, giving Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha equal status as three territories within a single grouping under the British Crown, and ending Ascension's and Tristan da Cunha's prior status as dependencies of Saint Helena.
- Politics of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (Wikipedia) link, 2009 constitution and renaming section. Source record