(1) There shall be a Nevis Island Administration, which shall
consist of-
a) a Premier; and
b) two other members or not less than two nor more than such greater number
of members as the Nevis Island Legislature may prescribe, who shall be appointed
by the Governor-General.
(2) The Governor-General, acting in his own deliberate judgment, shall
appoint as Premier an elected member of the Assembly who seems to him likely to
command the support of the majority of the elected members of the Assembly.
(3) The Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the
Premier, shall appoint the other members of the Administration from among the
members of the Assembly.
(4) If a member of the Administration is absent from Saint Christopher and
Nevis or is for any reason unable to discharge his functions as such, the
Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Premier, may
appoint another member of the Assembly to be a temporary member of the
Administration in his place and may terminate any such appointment.
(5) The functions of the Administration shall be to advise the
Governor-General in the government of the island of Nevis and the Administration
shall be collectively responsible to the Assembly for any advice given to the
Governor-General by or under the general authority of the Administration and for
all things done by or under the authority of any member of the Administration in
the execution of his office.
(6) Subsection (5) shall not apply in relation to-
a) the assignment of responsibility to any member of the Administration under
section 54, as applied with modifications by section 104(4), or the
authorization of another member of the Administration to perform the functions
of the Premier during absence of illness;
b) the dissolution of the Nevis Island Legislature;
c) the matters referred to in section 66 of this Constitution (which relate
to the prerogative of mercy); or
d) any matter in respect of which the Nevis Island Legislature has no power
to make laws for the island of Nevis.