Notice Bringing the Drug Trafficking Offences (Amendment) Act, 2025 into Force (SI 2025 No. 50)

Summary

This is a short Governor's Notice (Statutory Instrument 2025 No. 50) confirming the commencement date of the Drug Trafficking Offences (Amendment) Act, 2025 (No. 8 of 2025) in the Virgin Islands. It does not itself amend the substantive law or impose new requirements; it simply proclaims when the amending Act takes legal effect.

• Instrument: Notice issued by the Governor under section 1(2) of the Drug Trafficking Offences (Amendment) Act, 2025.
• Effect: Declares that the Drug Trafficking Offences (Amendment) Act, 2025 came into force on 6 June 2025.
• Gazetted: Published in the Gazette on 6 June 2025.

Because this is a commencement notice rather than substantive legislation, it names no specific regulated entities and creates no new compliance duties beyond the underlying Act's amendments taking legal effect from the stated date.

Deadlines

• 6th June, 2025: Date on which the Drug Trafficking Offences (Amendment) Act, 2025 comes into force