Constitution (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2021 of Barbados

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Act of Parliament constitutional amendment

The Constitution (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2021 of Barbados is the landmark legislation that transformed Barbados into a republic by replacing the British monarch with a Barbadian president as head of state.

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Label	Occurrences
Barbados Constitution (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2021	1
Constitution (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2021 of Barbados canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament ⓘ constitutional amendment ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Constitution (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2021 of Barbados ⓘ surface form: Barbados Constitution (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2021
appliesTo	citizens of Barbados ⓘ institutions of the state of Barbados ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	legislative branch of Barbados ⓘ
constitutionalDocumentAffected	Constitution of Barbados ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Barbados ⓘ
effect	ended the role of the British monarch in the constitutional order of Barbados ⓘ established the office of President of Barbados as head of state ⓘ removed the Queen of Barbados from the Constitution of Barbados ⓘ replaced the British monarch as head of state of Barbados ⓘ transformed Barbados from a constitutional monarchy into a parliamentary republic ⓘ
governsOffice	Governor-General of Barbados (transitional provisions) ⓘ President of Barbados ⓘ
headOfStateCreated	President of Barbados ⓘ
headOfStateReplaced	monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
headOfStateTitleAfter	President of Barbados ⓘ
headOfStateTitleBefore	Queen of Barbados ⓘ
historicalPeriod	21st century ⓘ
jurisdiction	Barbados ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	Barbadian law ⓘ
legislature	Parliament of Barbados ⓘ
locatedIn	Barbados ⓘ surface form: Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member state Barbados
politicalContext	Barbados’s decision to remove the British monarch as head of state ⓘ
politicalSystemAfter	parliamentary republic ⓘ
politicalSystemBefore	constitutional monarchy ⓘ
purpose	to amend the Constitution of Barbados ⓘ to provide for Barbados to become a republic ⓘ
region	Caribbean ⓘ
relatedConcept	Commonwealth realms ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth realm post-colonial constitutional reform ⓘ republicanism in Barbados ⓘ
relatedEvent	Barbados becoming a republic on 30 November 2021 ⓘ
relatedTo	Constitution of Barbados ⓘ surface form: Barbados Constitution
significance	completed Barbados’s transition to a republic within the Commonwealth ⓘ landmark legislation in the constitutional history of Barbados ⓘ
subjectMatter	amendment of provisions relating to the Crown ⓘ creation of the office of President of Barbados ⓘ head of state of Barbados ⓘ republican status of Barbados ⓘ
typeOfChange	insertion of provisions for a President of Barbados ⓘ removal of references to the Crown ⓘ

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President of Barbados → createdBy → Constitution (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2021 of Barbados ⓘ

Constitution (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2021 of Barbados → alsoKnownAs → Constitution (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2021 of Barbados ⓘ

subject surface form: Constitution (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2021 (Barbados)

this entity surface form: Barbados Constitution (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2021