The Ratification of Provincial Status (Nova Britannia) Act

An Official Act of the Government of the Great Commonwealth of the Ibrosian Democracy

æcté d’wesetilk d’ŷe grande wealth d’commune dek Lk’esoeseak-Iboroseỗ

The Twenty-First day of April, Twenty-Hundred and Two

Whereas the Province of Redéke Island and Dependences has been granted provincial status under the Incorporation (Redéke Island and Dependences) Act 2002 and,

Whereas Nova Britannia (occupying the same land as Capital Territory) has been a de facto province since November 2001 and,

Whereas Nova Britannia has never been formally recognised as a province of this Great Commonwealth of the Ibrosian Democracy,

Therefore,

Article I

Nova Britannia shall maintain Provincial status within the Great Commonwealth, with its own democratically-bound administration. The Province of Nova Britannia shall be proclaimed by her people

Article II

The Province of Nova Britannia shall be a recognised province of the Great Commonwealth of the Ibrosian Democracy. It shall have its legal system respected, alongside the rights of the Provincial Executive and Provincial Assembly as embodied in the Petition of the Constitution.

Article III

The Provincial Nova Britannic Government shall be bound by the national Petition of the Constitution.

Article IV

The Province of Nova Britannia shall be assigned the following administrative codes:

ID-NB as the Provincial code, and “2” as the National Numerical Identifier

Article V

The Nova Britannic flag, being red with a British Union Flag in the canton and defaced with a white five-pointed star shall be considered to be the Nova Britannic Provincial Vexillum. The Coat of Arms for the Province shall be assigned by the Great Commonwealth Prime Minister of Parliament.

Article VI

The head of the Provincial Assembly shall be the Governor-Lieutenant of the Province of Nova Britannia. The Great Commonwealth Parliament’s Prime Minister, in consul with the Provincial Assembly, shall appoint this role. The Governor-Lieutenant is entitled to a seat within the Great Commonwealth Wéthenágemoté, alongside the Provincial Attorney-Lieutenant.

Article VI

The Province of Nova Britannia is a political sub-division of the Great Commonwealth of the Ibrosian Democracy and must clearly acknowledge this in all activities. The Ibrosian National Flag is to be considered official in Nova Britannia. Where a provincial flag is flown, a national flag must be flown within no more than thirty metres of it, and in a superior position.

Article VII

Nova Britannic Provincial Assembly shall have the right to grant knighthoods to the Great and Noble Order of Nova Britannia (ONB) to all Ibrosian nationals. Foreign citizens may have this honour bestowed upon them by the Provincial Assembly in consul with the Great Commonwealth National Parliament (Éhoi).

Article VIII

The High Court of Nova Britannia shall have the right to try civil cases within the province alongside torts and petty treasons. The Great Commonwealth Supreme Court of the Judiciary shall have a monopoly over trial of high treasons and appeal cases

IX. Short Title, Commencement and Extent of this Act

(1) This Act may be cited as the Ratification of Provincial Status (Nova Britannia) Act 2002

(2) This act shall come into effect upon the passing by the éhoi and authorisation by the Returning Officer

(3) This Act extends to

(a) The Great Commonwealth of the Ibrosian Democracy

(b) The Province of Nova Britannia

“Nova Britannia, High May Thine Standards Fly”

“Iboroseỗ fáseak-eác’tof”

“Long Live the Great Commonwealth”