Y P A R G O T O H P S G I E K The Hon. Noel Q. Cringle OBE, President of Members of Tynwald

President of Tynwald, The Hon Noel Quayle Cringle OBE

Legislative Council The Hon N Q Cringle OBE, President The Right Rev R Paterson Mr E A Crowe Mr W J H Corlett QC Mr A F Downie Mr D M W Butt Mr E G Lowey Mr D A Callister Mr J R Turner Mrs C M Christian Mr G H Waft

House of Keys The Hon S C Rodan, Speaker Hon A J Earnshaw Hon D M Anderson Hon P A Gawne Hon A R Bell Mr Q B Gill Mr R P Braidwood Mr R W Henderson Hon J A Brown, Chief Minister Mr J R Houghton Mr J D Q Cannan Mr P Karran Mrs B J Cannell Mr W M Malarkey Mr C G Corkish MBE Hon G M Quayle Hon A V Craine Mr D J Quirk Mr G D Cregeen Hon J P Shimmin Hon D C Cretney Hon W E Teare Mr T M Crookall Mr J P Watterson

Officers of Tynwald Mr R Phillips, , Secretary of the Mr J King, Deputy Clerk of Tynwald and Clerk of the Legislative Council Rev W H Martin, Chaplain of the House of Keys

Sword Bearer Yn Lhaihder Military Liaison Officer Mrs B McCabe Mr B Stowell Lieutenant Colonel P Glynn-Riley

Judiciary Her Majesty’s First and J M Kerruish QC Her Majesty’s Second Deemster D C Doyle His Honour Deputy Deemster A Corlett His Worship the T M Moyle

TYNWALD DAY 2009 • Page One Tynwald Ceremony

TYNWALD CEREMONY and to Tynwald Hill will be marshalled by the Clerk of Tynwald. All participants The general arrangements in connection in the processions are invited to wear with the Tynwald Ceremony will be as Bollan Bane. follows: 9. Detachments from the Royal British 1. Tynwald to be held at St John’s on 6th Legion, Royal British Legion (Women’s July will be the occasion for Section), Joint Ex-Services Association, promulgating the Acts passed during the Coastguard, Isle of Man last session and for transacting other Prison Service, Civil Defence, Sea Cadet business. Corps, Army Cadet Force, Air Training 2. Ushers will be on duty to escort ticket Corps, St John Ambulance Senior holders to their seats, both in the Royal Cadets, Scouts and Guides, will line the Chapel and on the Grandstands. pathway between Tynwald Hill and the 3. There will be limited accommodation on Chapel with the visiting Guard of the Grandstands lining the processional Honour and Military Band. route for members of the public holding 10. Those presenting Petitions for Redress of tickets. Ticket holders should be in their Grievance are requested to assemble by places by 10.15 am. the War Memorial as the processions 4. A service will be held in the Royal Chapel reach the Hill. At the appropriate point of St John the Baptist at 11 am. Those they will then be escorted by the ushers taking part in the proceedings will have to the foot of the Hill to present their the use of the Robing Room, adjoining petitions. After doing so, petitioners will the Royal Chapel, to robe. The clergy be escorted round the foot of the north will attend in Choir Dress. side of the Hill. 5. Tickets for reserved seats in the Royal The public will not be permitted to proceed Chapel will be numbered and the within the lines formed by the above numbers on the tickets will correspond contingents. with the numbers on the pews. Ticket- holders should be in their places not ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS later than 10.30 am. 09.45 am. The start of the ceremonial 6. Music before the Service will be played occasion when the Guard of Honour, by Mr Derek Crellin, Organist of the Military Band, the Standard Bearers and all Royal Chapel of St John the Baptist. participating local units, organisations and Music after the service will be played by Secondary School students congregate Mr Bernard Clarke. under the direction of the Military Liaison 7. The singing on the Grandstand during Officer on the car park in St John’s School in the Service will be led by the Manx St John’s village. Festival Chorus conducted by Dr John 10.10 am. The school students, carrying Bethell MBE D Mus and those seated on their school banners and in their school the Grandstand are asked to stand for groups, process to Tynwald Green led by the the hymns and anthem. Onchan Silver Band and the Manx Flag. They 8. The processions to the Royal Chapel move past the saluting dais in front of the

TYNWALD DAY 2009 • Page Two and the Minister for 11.00 am. As the Service in the Royal Chapel Education. They then move across Tynwald begins, the Military Band, Guard of Honour Green to take their places on the grandstand and Standard Bearers move to their for the duration of the proceedings. positions on the west end of the 10.20 am. The Military Band, leading the Processional Way. Guard of Honour, the Standard Bearers and all the local units and organisations march PROCESSION TO THE on. The Guard of Honour and Military Band take up their positions on Tynwald ROYAL CHAPEL Green, the Standard Bearers take up their All stand as each procession enters the positions at the War Memorial and Royal Chapel. detachments from local units, Isle of Man The first procession is from the Robing Coastguard, Isle of Man Prison Service, Civil Room to places reserved in the Royal Defence, Sea Cadet Corps, Army Cadet Chapel: Force, Air Training Corps, St John Ambulance Senior Cadets, Scouts and • Two Sergeants of the Isle of Man Guides form up at the east end of the Constabulary (to the South Door) Processional Way from the War Memorial to • The Coroners the West Door of the Royal Chapel. The • The Senior Salvation Army Officer Trumpeters move into position on the wall • The Ministers of the Free Churches opposite the War Memorial. • The Chairman of the Isle of Man District of the Methodist Church 10.37 am. His Excellency the Lieutenant • The Roman Catholic Dean Governor Vice Admiral Sir Paul Haddacks • The Beneficed Clergy arrives. As he steps from his car, the • The Rural Dean Trumpeters sound a fanfare and he is • The Vicar General received by the Military Liaison Officer and • The Archdeacon two Captains of the Parishes. (In the event of • The Chairmen of the Town and Village bad weather the cars will first stop at the Commissioners Lych Gate, Lady Haddacks and guests will • The Mayor of Douglas alight and proceed straight into the Royal • The Chief Registrar Chapel. His Excellency will continue with the • A Representative of the Commission of normal programme). the Peace 10.42 am. His Excellency mounts the • The Captains of the Parishes saluting dais for a fly past of RAF aircraft. A • Yn Lhaihder Royal Salute follows and His Excellency, • The High Bailiff accompanied by the Military Liaison Officer, • The Chief Secretary inspects the Guard of Honour and the front • The Chief Constable rank of the Military Band. His Excellency, accompanied by the Military Liaison Officer, The second procession is from the Robing then moves to the National War Memorial Room to places reserved in the Royal where His Excellency places a wreath. The Chapel: Trumpeters play ‘Last Post’ followed by a • Two Messengers of the House of Keys one minute silence and ‘Reveille’. His • The Chaplain of the House of Keys Excellency preceded by two Police Sergeants, • The Clerk of Tynwald, Secretary of the the Trumpeters and the Manx Flag then House of Keys and Counsel to the process to the Robing Room accompanied Speaker by Lady Haddacks and guests. Lady • The Speaker of the House of Keys Haddacks and guests enter the Royal Chapel • The Chief Minister at the West Door. • The Members of the House of Keys

TYNWALD DAY 2009 • Page Three • One Messenger of the House of Keys 2. It is God whose purpose summons us to • The Clerk of the Legislative Council use the present hour; • The Members of the Legislative Council who recalls us to our senses when a • The Attorney General nation’s life turns sour; • The Deputy Deemster in the discipline of freedom we shall • The Second Deemster know his saving power; • The First Deemster and Clerk of the Rolls may the living God be praised! • The Lord Bishop 3. When a thankful nation, looking back, • The Archbishop of York • The Manx Flag (to the South Door) has cause to celebrate; • The President of Tynwald those who win our admiration by their • One Messenger of the Legislative Council service to the state; • Two Gardyn Coadee when self-giving is a measure of the • Trumpeters (to the South Door) greatness of the great; • The Sword of State may the living God be praised! • His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor 4. God reminds us every sunrise that the • The Private Secretary to the Lieutenant world is ours on lease- Governor for the sake of life tomorrow may our • The Surgeon to the Household love for it increase; • Two Sergeants of the Isle of Man may all peoples live together, share its Constabulary (to the South Door) riches, be at peace; 11.00 am. The Service in the Royal Chapel may the living God be praised! begins. Frederick Pratt Green 1903-2000 Act of Penitence ORDER OF SERVICE All sit or kneel Bidding The Chaplain of the House of Keys says: The Rural Dean says: Recognising that we all fall short of what God On this Tynwald Day we meet together to give thanks to God for the many benefits we have expects from us and of what we are capable, let us received during the past year, to pray for our ask for his forgiveness and his help for the future. Island and its Government in the coming year and All to dedicate ourselves anew to the service of God and the people of our Island. Most merciful God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we confess that we have sinned in thought, Hymn word and deed. 1. It is God who holds the nations in the We have not loved you with our whole hollow of his hand; heart. It is God whose light is shining in the We have not loved our neighbours as darkness of the land; ourselves. It is God who builds the city on the rock In your mercy forgive what we have been, and not on sand: help us to amend what we are, may the living God be praised! and direct what we shall be; Glory, glory, hallelujah! that we may do justly, Glory, glory, hallelujah! love mercy, and walk humbly with you, our Glory, glory, hallelujah! God. May the living God be praised! Amen.

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The Chief Messenger Mr. D. Brown carries the Acts The First Deemster for Promulgation to the Hill Promulgating the Laws

Prayer The Grace The Chaplain of the House of Keys says: The Chaplain of the House of Keys says: Yee ooilley niartal, voyds ta cheet dy chooilley Grayse nyn Jiarn Yeesey Chreest, as graih Yee, as smooinaght dy irriney as dy hee: greesee, ta shin sheshaght gherjoil y Spyrryd Noo, dy row marin guee ort, ayns cree dy chooilley ghooinney, graih ooilley er son dy bragh. Amen. firrinagh y chee; as stiure liorish dty chreenaght (The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the ghlen as sheeoil adsyn ta goaill coyrle son love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy ashoonyn y theihll, dy vod dty reeriaght goll er y hoshiaght dy feagh, derrey vees y seihll lane dy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.) hushtey dty ghraih; trooid Yeesey Creest nyn Jiarn. An Act of Thanksgiving Amen. The Rural Dean says: (Almighty God, from whom all thoughts of As an act of thanksgiving we sing the morning truth and peace proceed: kindle, we pray thee, in the hearts of all people, the true psalm. love of peace; and guide with thy pure and All stand peaceable wisdom those who take counsel Venite Exultemus Domino (Psalm 95) for the nations of the earth; that in tranquillity thy Kingdom may go forward O come, let us sing unto the Lord: till the earth is filled with the knowledge of let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our thy love. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. salvation. Amen.) Let us come before his presence with

TYNWALD DAY 2009 • Page Five thanksgiving: and show ourselves glad You are right, teacher. You have truly said that he in him with psalms. is one, and there is no other beside him. And to For the Lord is a great God: love him with all the heart and with all and a great king above all gods. understanding and with all strength, and to love In his hand are all the corners of the earth: one’s neighbour as oneself, is much more than all and the strength of the hills is his also. whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. The sea is his and he made it: And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he and his hands prepared the dry land. O come, let us worship and fall down: said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of and kneel before the Lord our Maker. God. And after that no one dared to ask him any For he is the Lord our God: more questions. and we are the people of his pasture, and All stand the sheep of his hand. Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts: Hymn as in the provocation, The verses are sung by Mandy Griffin and and as in the day of temptation in the the refrain by the whole congregation. wilderness; When your fathers tempted me: 1. Great is thy faithfulness, O God my proved me and saw my works. Father; Forty years long was I grieved with this There is no shadow of turning with generation and said: thee. It is a people that do err in their hearts, Thou changest not, thy compassions, for they have not known my ways. they fail not; Unto whom I sware in my wrath: As thou hast been thou for ever wilt be. that they should not enter into my rest. Chorus Glory be to the Father, Great is thy faithfulness, great is thy and to the Son: faithfulness! and to the Holy Ghost; Morning by morning new mercies I see; as it was in the beginning, All I have needed thy hand hath provided is now and ever shall be: world without end. Great is thy faithfulness, Lord unto me! Amen. 2. Summer and winter, and springtime and All sit harvest, Sun, moon and stars in their courses The Lesson St Mark 12, vs. 28-34 above, Join with all nature in manifold witness Read by the Chaplain of the House of Keys: To thy great faithfulness, mercy and And one of the scribes came up and heard them love. disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, Which 3. Pardon for sin and a peace that commandment is the most important of all? endureth, Thy own dear presence to cheer and to Jesus answered, The most important is, Hear, O guide; Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And Strength for today and bright hope for you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your tomorrow, mind and with all your strength. Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! The second is this: You shall love your neighbour as yourself. There is no other commandment Thomas Chisholm 1866-1960 greater than these. And the scribe said to him, All remain standing

TYNWALD DAY 2009 • Page Six An Act of Affirmation of Faith heritage and we beseech thee with thy favour to I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker behold all who dwell here. May thy blessing rest of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ his upon all the labours of our minds and hands. only Son our Lord, who was conceived by Keep we pray thee in thine almighty care all who the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, go down to the sea in ships and all who travel by suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, land and air. Help us to order with grace and dead and buried; he descended into hell; the dignity our common life in town and sheading that third day he rose again from the dead, he we may live and our children grow in health and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the godliness. May thy grace be with all who visit our right hand of God the Father Almighty; from shores that they may find recreation of body and thence he shall come to judge the quick and soul and with us may glorify thee, the giver of all the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the good things; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. holy catholic church; the communion of All: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed saints; the forgiveness of sins; the be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be resurrection of the body, and the life done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this everlasting. Amen. day our daily bread. And forgive us our All Kneel trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; An Act of Dedication but deliver us from evil: for thine is the The Rural Dean: Let us pray: kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever The Rural Dean: Guide the leaders of the and ever. Amen. nations into the ways of peace and justice. All stand All: Hear us, good Lord. The Rural Dean: Guard and strengthen your Hymn servant Elizabeth our Queen, , and 1. O Worship the King, all glorious above; all the members of the Royal Family, that they O gratefully sing his power and his love: may put their trust in you, and seek your honour Our shield and defender, the ancient of and glory. days, All: Hear us, good Lord. Pavilioned in splendour, and girded with praise. The Rural Dean: Endue the High Court of Tynwald here assembled with wisdom and 2. O tell of his might, O sing of his grace, understanding that through them we might be Whose robe is the light, whose canopy wisely and justly governed. space; His chariots of wrath the deep thunder- All: Hear us, good Lord. clouds form, The Rural Dean: Bless those who administer the And dark is His path on the wings of law, and all who hold public office, that they may the storm. uphold justice, honesty and truth. 3. The earth with its store of wonders All: Hear us, good Lord. untold, Almighty! Thy power hath founded of The Rural Dean: Give us a broader vision of the old, needs of the whole world, a deeper compassion to Hath stablished it fast by a changeless fill these needs, and a desire to uphold the rights decree, and freedoms of all your children regardless of And round it hath cast, like a mantle, creed or race. the sea. All: Hear us, good Lord. 4. O measureless might! Ineffable love! The Rural Dean: Almighty God our heavenly While angels delight to hymn thee Father, we praise thy holy name for our Island above,

TYNWALD DAY 2009 • Page Seven The humbler creation, though feeble • The Archdeacon their lays, • The Chairmen of the Town and Village With true adoration shall lisp to thy Commissioners praise. Amen. • The Mayor of Douglas Robert Grant 1779-1838 • The Chief Registrar • A Representative of the Commission of All kneel the Peace The Blessing: The Archbishop of York • The Captains of the Parishes All stand • Yn Lhaihder • The High Bailiff • The Chief Secretary THE NATIONAL ANTHEM • The Chief Constable O land of our birth, The second procession follows immediately O gem of God’s earth, on the first procession without any space O Island so strong and so fair; intervening and is formed in the following Built firm as Barrool, order with the Deputy Chief Constable being Thy throne of Home Rule the last to leave the Chapel: Makes us free as thy sweet mountain air. • Two Messengers of the House of Keys • The Chaplain of the House of Keys All sit. Members of the Congregation are • The Clerk of Tynwald, Secretary of the requested not to leave their seats until House of Keys and Counsel to the invited to do so by the Ushers. Speaker Before the processions begin Lady Haddacks • The Members of the House of Keys and the Archbishop of York leave the Royal • The Chief Minister Chapel immediately after the choir and • The Speaker of the House of Keys proceed down the Processional Way to seats • One Messenger of the House of Keys in an enclosure at the foot of Tynwald Hill. • The Clerk of the Legislative Council The official guests and congregation will • The Members of the Legislative Council follow in pew by pew order. • The Attorney General • The Deputy Deemster • The Second Deemster THE PROCESSIONS TO • The First Deemster and Clerk of the Rolls TYNWALD HILL • The Lord Bishop The Deputy Chief Constable calls out • Two Gardyn Coadee members of each procession to the Hill • One Messenger of the Legislative Council which depart from the West Door. The first • The President of Tynwald procession to Tynwald Hill is formed in the • Two Sergeants of the Isle of Man following order: Constabulary (from the West Door) • • Two Sergeants of the Isle of Man Trumpeters (from the West Door) • Constabulary (from the West Door) The Sword of State • The Coroners • His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor • The Senior Salvation Army Officer • The Private Secretary to the Lieutenant • The Ministers of the Free Churches Governor • The Chairman of the Isle of Man District • The Surgeon to the Household of the Methodist Church • The Manx Flag (joins at the West Door, • The Roman Catholic Dean after the Surgeon of the Household, and • The Beneficed Clergy precedes the President of Tynwald to the • The Rural Dean foot of the Hill) • The Vicar General Before the processions reach the War

TYNWALD DAY 2009 • Page Eight The Guard of Honour is provided by the Duke of Lancaster Regiment.

Memorial, they halt and take up an Legislative Council, the Persons in alignment on either side of the path facing attendance, the Sword Bearer and the inwards so as to enable His Excellency to Private Secretary to His Excellency will pass through and be the first to step on to occupy the top tier; the Speaker, Members Tynwald Hill. and Secretary of the House of Keys together The trumpeters sound a fanfare as His with their Chaplain will be accommodated Excellency leaves the Royal Chapel and then on the next tier; the High Bailiff, the precede the Sword Bearer on the Representative of the Commission of the Processional Way. On the approach of His Peace, the Chief Registrar, the Mayor of Excellency the Honour Guard present arms. Douglas, the Chairmen of the Town and Village Commissioners, the Archdeacon, the The processions reform behind His Vicar General, the Clergy, the Roman Excellency in reverse order to that in which Catholic Dean, the representatives of the they left the Royal Chapel so that the Deputy Free Churches, the Salvation Army and the Chief Constable, followed by the two Chief Constable will occupy the tier below. Sergeants of the who led the first procession, bring up the The First Deemster sits at the place rear. appointed on the south side of the Hill for the promulgation of the laws in English and Persons sitting in the enclosures at the foot the Second Deemster sits in the of the Hill stand when His Excellency arrives corresponding position on the north side of at the Hill. the Hill for the reading in Manx. The Deputy Deemster, Yn Lhaihder, the Captains of the ON TYNWALD HILL Parishes, the Coroners and the Deputy Chief Constable sit on the lowest tier. His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, the President of Tynwald, the Lord Bishop of When His Excellency is ready and the Sodor and Man, the Attorney General, the officials have taken up their positions on the Chief Minister and Members of the Hill: Legislative Council, the Clerk of the All stand

TYNWALD DAY 2009 • Page Nine THE ROYAL ANTHEM Yn Lhaihder immediately thereafter fences the Court in the Manx language: God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen, Ta mee cur yn Whaiyl shoh fo harey ayns God Save the Queen. ennym Chiarn Vannin, nagh jean peiagh Send her victorious, erbee troiddey, baghyrt ny jannoo boiranys Happy and glorious, erbee, as dy jean dy chooilley pheiagh Long to reign over us, freggyrt tra vees eh er ny eam. Ta mee cur God Save the Queen. recortys er yn eanish shoh dy vel yn Whaiyl shoh fo harey. Ta mee cur recortys er yn All sit eanish shoh dy vel yn Whaiyl shoh fo harey. Ta mee cur recortys er y clane eanish shoh dy vel yn Whaiyl shoh nishtagh fo harey. His Excellency says: The First Deemster then says: Learned First Deemster, direct the Court to be fenced. Incoming Coroners, take the oath in ancient form to execute your offices for the ensuing year, and The First Deemster then says: receive your staves of office from the hands of His Coroner of Sheading and Yn Lhaihder, Excellency. The Coroners elect then proceed up fence the Court. the Hill in the following order: The Coroner of Glenfaba Sheading fences • Coroner of Glenfaba and Michael the Court saying: • Coroner of and I fence this Court in the name of our Most • Coroner of Gracious Sovereign Lady The Queen. I charge that • Coroner of no person do quarrel, brawl or make any They occupy the step below the top step disturbance and that all persons do answer their and, when all four are in position on names when called. I charge this audience to bended knee, take the following oath, witness this Court is fenced. I charge this audience administered by the First Deemster: to witness this Court is fenced. I charge this whole audience to bear witness this Court is now fenced. By that book and by the holy contents thereof and

TYNWALD DAY 2009 • Page Ten by the wonderful works that God hath His Excellency then says: miraculously wrought in heaven above and in the This concludes the proceedings on Tynwald Hill. earth beneath in six days and seven nights, you There will now be a sitting of Tynwald Court in shall, without respect of favour or friendship, love the Royal Chapel of St John’s. On behalf of or gain, consanguinity or affinity, envy or malice, myself, the Learned , the Captains of well and truly execute the office of Coroner for the Parishes and others here assembled, I am each Sheading to which you have been appointed pleased to accept the invitation of the President of for the ensuing year. So help you God. Tynwald to be present at the sitting of Tynwald The Coroners receive their staves of office Court and to witness the Captioning of the Acts from His Excellency and then return to their just promulgated. places at the foot of the Hill. A Messenger removes the kneeling mats. His Excellency then says: PROCESSIONS FROM Learned Deemsters, I exhort you to proclaim to TYNWALD HILL the people in ancient form such laws as have been The Deputy Chief Constable calls the enacted during the past year and which have processions from the Hill which on clearing received the . the detachments halt and align themselves on either side of the path to enable His Excellency, An abstract of the laws is set out at the end preceded by the Sword of State to pass. The of this booklet. Deputy Chief Constable is the last person to The First Deemster says: leave the Hill and brings up the rear of the Has Your Excellency any further commands? processions accompanied by the Military His Excellency says: Liaison Officer. He is immediately followed by the two Sergeants of the Isle of Man If any persons wish to present a Petition let them Constabulary who led the first procession. now come forward. The first procession: If there be any Petitions for Redress they are presented in due form to the Clerk of • Two Sergeants of the Isle of Man Tynwald at the foot of the Hill. The Clerk of Constabulary Tynwald conveys any Petitions for Redress to • The Coroners His Excellency. • The Senior Salvation Army Officer • The Ministers of the Free Churches His Excellency, having been handed the • The Chairman of the Isle of Man District Petitions, says: of the Methodist Church I shall refer these Petitions to the Standing Orders • The Roman Catholic Dean Committee of Tynwald who will report thereon at • The Beneficed Clergy their earliest convenience. • The Rural Dean After the Petitioners have withdrawn to the • The Vicar General north of the Hill, a fanfare is sounded and • The Archdeacon the troops are called to attention in turn • The Chairmen of the Town and Village from Tynwald Hill to the Royal Chapel. Commissioners All stand and sing: • The Mayor of Douglas • The Chief Registrar THE NATIONAL ANTHEM • A Representative of the Commission of O land of our birth, the Peace O gem of God’s earth, • The Captains of the Parishes O Island so strong and so fair; • Yn Lhaihder Built firm as Barrool, • The High Bailiff Thy throne of Home Rule, • The Chief Secretary Makes us free as thy sweet mountain air. • The Chief Constable

TYNWALD DAY 2009 • Page Eleven The second procession: Tynwald Hill to their seats in the Chapel, at • The Members of the Legislative Council the direction of the ushers. Those seated on • The Attorney General the stands may not leave their places until • The Lord Bishop the processions have re-entered the Royal • Two Messengers of the House of Keys Chapel, and then only on the instructions of • The Chaplain of the House of Keys the officials. • The Clerk of Tynwald, Secretary of the House of Keys and Counsel to the SITTING OF THE Speaker • The Members of the House of Keys COURT OF TYNWALD • The Chief Minister The Captioning of the Acts • The Speaker of the House of Keys The passage from the Robing Room to the • One Messenger of the House of Keys south door of the Chapel is meanwhile • The Deputy Deemster cleared by police officers, and when Tynwald • The Second Deemster Court has assembled in the Chapel and the • The First Deemster and Clerk of the Rolls invited guests are in their places, the • The Clerk of the Legislative Council following procession moves from the Robing • Two Gardyn Coadee Room into the Chapel: • One Messenger of the Legislative Council • Two Sergeants of the Isle of Man • The President of Tynwald Constabulary (to the South Door) The third procession, which proceeds to the • Two Gardyn Coadee (who will stand Robing Room: either side of the communion rail) • Two Sergeants of the Isle of Man • One Messenger of the Legislative Council Constabulary (from the foot of the Hill) • The Manx Flag (to the South Door) • Trumpeters (from the foot of the Hill) • The President of Tynwald • The Sword of State • The Clerk of the Legislative Council • His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor • The Private Secretary to the Lieutenant All stand as the President of Tynwald enters Governor the Chapel: • The Surgeon to the Household The President of Tynwald then says: • The Manx Flag immediately follows the Surgeon from the foot of the Hill Honourable Members, I have invited His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, His Honour The following persons from the Second the Deputy Governor, First Deemster and Clerk Procession then join the third procession to of the Rolls, His Honour the Second Deemster the Robing Room: and His Honour the Deputy Deemster to be • The President of Tynwald present to witness this sitting of the Court, and I • One Messenger of the Legislative Council call upon the Clerk of Tynwald to escort them to • Two Gardyn Coadee their places. • The Clerk of the Legislative Council All remain standing as His Excellency enters • The First Deemster and Clerk of the Rolls the Royal Chapel accompanied by the • The Second Deemster Deemsters: • The Deputy Deemster • Two Sergeants of the Isle of Man The Speaker of the House of Keys, preceded Constabulary (to the South Door) by a Messenger of the House of Keys, leads • Trumpeters (to the South Door) all the remainder of the processions into the • The Deputy Deemster Chapel by the West Door. • The Second Deemster Persons holding tickets for the Royal Chapel • The First Deemster and Clerk of the Rolls proceed from their places in the enclosure at • The Sword of State

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The President (left) and the Speaker (right) Captioning the Acts.

• His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor President of Tynwald will award the Tynwald • The Private Secretary to the Lieutenant Honour to Mr Ian Qualtrough. The Tynwald Governor Honour is the highest award that Tynwald • The Surgeon to the Household can bestow. It is given only to someone who has made an outstanding, life long and His Excellency and the Deemsters take their sacrificial contribution to Manx life. seats behind the Bar of the Court: once they are seated, the Gardyn Coadee close the Bar Mr President then says: of the Court and the Sword of State is Members of the Council, Mr Speaker and placed before the President. Members of the House of Keys that concludes the All sit business of the Court. The Court will now stand adjourned to 14th July 2009 at 10.30 am in The President of Tynwald says: Douglas. I now call upon Hon Members to be Members of the Council, Mr Speaker and upstanding for the departure of His Excellency Members of the House of Keys, we shall now and his party. caption the Acts just promulgated on Tynwald All stand Hill. The Gardyn Coadee open the Bar of the The President of Tynwald is handed the Acts Court. His Excellency, accompanied by the promulgated to be certified. Once he has Deemsters, leave the Royal Chapel signed, they will be taken by a Tynwald proceeding to the Robing Room by the Messenger to the Speaker of the House of South Door: Keys for signature. • Two Sergeants of the Isle of Man Once the signing process is complete the Constabulary (from the South Door)

TYNWALD DAY 2009 • Page Thirteen • Trumpeters (from the South Door) House. The House will now stand adjourned • The Sword of State to 10.30 am in Tynwald Court in Douglas on • His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor 14th July 2009. • The Private Secretary to The Lieutenant All stand Governor At the conclusion of the Sitting of the House • The Surgeon to the Household. of Keys the following persons leave the Royal • The First Deemster and Clerk of the Rolls • The Second Deemster Chapel by the South Door: • The Deputy Deemster • One Messenger of the House of Keys • The President of Tynwald says: The Chaplain of the House of Keys • The Clerk of Tynwald The Council will now retire and Members of the • Secretary of the House of Keys and House of Keys will remain to transact such Counsel to the Speaker business as Mr Speaker may put before them. • The Members of the House of Keys The President of Tynwald and the Members • The Chief Minister of the Legislative Council leave the Chapel • The Speaker of the House of Keys and proceed to the Robing Room by the • One Messenger of the House of Keys South Door in the following order: They line each side of the route to the • Two Sergeants of the Isle of Man Robing Room to enable the Speaker to Constabulary (from the South Door) proceed through their ranks to the Robing • The Manx Flag (from the South Door) Room. • The President of Tynwald All sit until directed by an Usher to leave • One Messenger of the Legislative Council Lady Haddacks and the official guests leave • Two Gardyn Coadee the Royal Chapel via the South Door. • The Clerk to the Legislative Council • The Lord Bishop Those persons remaining in the Royal • The Attorney General Chapel leave by the West Door. • The other Members of the Legislative Official photograph to be taken. Council Subsequent to the photograph:- • One Messenger of the Legislative Council • The Sword Bearer All sit • His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor • The Manx flag SITTING OF THE • The President of Tywnald • The Speaker of the House of Keys HOUSE OF KEYS all move to the road side of the Lych Gate The following business is taken: and halt. The Deputy Speaker moves: Upon signal from the Military Liaison Office, That all Bills and other business before the the Honour Guard present Arms for the House remaining unfinished at this date be Royal Salute and National Anthem. suspended and continued at the same stage His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor bids to the first meeting of the House in the next farewell to The President of Tynwald and legislative year. The Speaker of the House of Keys. His The Speaker asks for a Seconder Excellency the Lieutenant Governor and his (traditionally a long serving Member). party then depart. A vote is taken and the business is concluded. Roger Phillips Mr Speaker will say: Honourable Members, Clerk of Tynwald that concludes the business before the June 2009

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Ny Slattyssyn vees er nyn Vockley Magh 6th July 2009

1. Income Tax (Pensions) Act 2008 which 1. Slattys Keesh Çheet-Stiagh (Argid- amends the law relating to income tax in Pohlldal) 2008, ta lhiasaghey’n leigh respect of retirement benefits schemes. mychione keesh çheet-stiagh er çheu skeimyn vondeish son sleih lurg obbyr. 2. Collective Investment Schemes Act 2008 2. Slattys Skeimyn Argid-baiht Co-chadjin which repeals and replaces with 2008, ta mooghey as cur nyn ynnyd lesh modifications the Financial Supervision Act lhiasaghey Slattys Oaseirys Argidoil 1988. 1988. 3. Financial Services Act 2008 which repeals 3. Slattys Shirveishyn Treishtagh 2008, ta and replaces with modifications certain mooghey as cur nyn ynnyd lesh lhiasaghey enactments relating to the financial services leighaghyn er-lheh ta bentyn rish jeidjys ny industry and the Financial Supervision shirveishyn treishtagh as Barrantee yn Commission. Oaseirys Argidoil. 4. Constitution (Amendment) Act 2008 4. Slattys yn Aght-Reill (Lhiasaghey) 2008, ta which concerns elections to the Legislative bentyn rish teiy’n Choonceil Slattyssagh. Council. 5. Corruption Act 2008 which amends the law 5. Slattys noi Sollaghey-Laue 2008, ta relating to the prevention of corruption. lhiasaghey’n leigh mychione lhiettal sollaghey-laue. 6. Agricultural (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 6. Slattys Eirinys (Caghlaa dy Chiarailyn) 2008 which repeals and amends Acts of 2008, ta mooghey as lhiasaghey Slattyssyn Tynwald relating to the fishery industry and Tinvaal ta bentyn rish jeidjyssyn eeastee, agricultural and rural industries and eirinys as ny çheerey, as t’eh lhiasaghey amends the Wildlife Act 1990 and the Slattys Cretooryn Feïe 1990 as Slattys Beiyn Destructive Imported Animals Act 1963. Stroialtagh Currit Stiagh 1963. 7. Town and Country Planning (Amendment) 7. Slattys Gurneil Troggal ayns Baljyn as er y Act 2008 which amends the Town and Çheer (Lhiasaghey) 2008, ta lhiasaghey Country Planning Act 1999. Slattys Gurneil Troggal 1999. 8. Proceeds of Crime Act 2008 which allows 8. Slattys Troar Loght 2008, ta cur pooar son the recovery of property which is or aagheddyn cummalyn va cosnit trooid represents property obtained through gaghtey anleighagh ny ta peiagh kiarail unlawful conduct or which is intended to be ymmydey dy anleighagh, as t’eh kiarail son used in unlawful conduct and to provide for saraghyn-glackee as saraghyn-streeanee; t’eh confiscation and restraint orders and to soiaghey reillyn mychione nieeaghyn-argid as make provision about money laundering mychione shirrey magh troar veih gaghtey and investigations relating to benefit from anleighagh ny kionnaghey cummalyn trooid criminal conduct or to property which is or gaghtey anleighagh ny trooid nieeaghyn- represents property obtained through argid; t’eh soiaghey reillyn mychione cur lesh unlawful conduct or money laundering and argid stiagh as magh; t’eh cur ayns bree to make provision concerning the aghinyn as saraghyn veih çheeraghyn elley; importation and exportation of cash and to as t’eh soiaghey reillyn ry-hoi feanish y give effect to overseas requests and orders chlashtyn trooid kianglaghyn çhellveeishagh

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and to make provision for hearing evidence ny çhellvaneagh, ry-hoi feanish y gheddyn through television or telephone links and for vees ry-ymmydey çheumooie jeh’n Ellan, as obtaining evidence for use outside the Island ry-hoi pryssoonee y arraghey oddys cooney and for the transfer of prisoners to assist in lesh brialtyssyn. investigations. 9. Administration of Justice Act 2008 which 9. Slattys Kiarail Chairys 2008, ta soiaghey makes new provision with respect to the reillyn noa mychione briwnyn yn Ard-whaiyl, judges of the High Court and modernises as ta jannoo noa-emshiragh y leigh the law relating to the admission of hearsay mychione soiaghey jeh feanish-fou ayns evidence in civil proceedings and to amend immeeaghtyn theayagh, as ta lhiasaghey enactments relating to civil proceedings and leighaghyn mychione immeeaghtyn the administration of justice. theayagh as kiarail chairys. 10. Agricultural Tenancies Act 2008 which 10. Slattys Tannystys Eirinagh 2008, ta makes further provision with respect to soiaghey reillyn sodjey mychione tannystys tenancies which include agricultural land. ta goaill stiagh thalloo eirinagh. 11. Insurance Act 2008 which re-enacts with 11. Slattys Urrysaght 2008, ta çheet harrish as amendments enactments relating to the lhiasaghey leighaghyn mychione gurneil sleih regulation of persons carrying on insurance as dellal-urrysaght oc, fir-stiuree urrysaght business and the regulation of insurance as fir-veanagh urrysaght. managers and insurance intermediaries. 12. Enterprise Act 2008 which confers 12. Slattys Gastid Dellal 2008, ta cur kied da functions on the Department of Trade and Rheynn Dellal as Jeidjys y raad y ’osley da Industry to facilitate the promotion and cur er-y-hoshiaght as bishaghey tarmaynys development of the Island’s economy and yn Ellan, as t’eh mooghey Slattys Boayrd repeals the Industry Board Act 1981. Tarrooghys 1981. 13. Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act 2009 13. Slattys Keesh er Tooilliu Feeuid which amends Schedule 13 to the Value (Lhiasaghey) 2009, ta lhiasaghey Tooilley Added Tax Act 1996. 13 da Slattys Keesh er Tooilliu Feeuid 1996. 14. Income Tax Act 2009 which confirms 14. Slattys Keesh Çheet-stiagh 2009, ta certain temporary taxation orders and firrinaghey caghlaa dy reillyn troggal-keesh amends the Income Tax Acts. shallidagh as ta lhiasaghey ny Slattyssyn Keesh Çheet-stiagh. 15. Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 15. Slattys Ynsee (Caghlaa dy Chiarailyn) 2009 which dissolves the Isle of Man Board 2009, ta mooghey Boayrd Ynsee Ellan of Education and amends the Education Act Vannin as ta lhiasaghey Slattys Ynsee 2001. 2001. 16. Company Officers (Disqualification) Act 16. Slattys Fir-Oik Sheshaghtyn-Dellal (Jannoo 2009 which amends the law relating to the Neuchooie) 2009, ta lhiasaghey’n leigh disqualification of persons for being officers bentyn rish persoonyn y yannoo neuchooie of companies and for being otherwise er y fa dy vel ad nyn vir-oik sheshaghtyn- concerned with a company’s affairs. dellal er-nonney dy vel ad kianglt rish cooishyn sheshaght-ghellal er aght elley. 17. Tree Preservation (Amendment) Act 2009 17. Slattys Coadey Biljyn (Lhiasaghey) 2009, ta which amends the Tree Preservation Act lhiasaghey Slattys Coadey Biljyn 1993. 1993.

TYNWALD DAY 2009 • Page Sixteen The Band of the King’s Division performs widely in Britain and Europe at many high profile engagements. They are pictured here at Tynwald in 2006. The Tynwald Chamber, Tynwald meets on the third Tuesday of every month between October and July. Eye of Man Photography