§ 932. Invalidity of unfiled prior regulations
Any regulation made by an agency of the Virgin Islands prior to June 24, 1958, and not filed in the office of the Government Secretary within three months after June 24, 1958, as required by section 931 of this title, shall be void and of no effect. The Government Secretary may, in his discretion, extend […]
§ 933. Filing of new regulations; publication in Virgin Islands Rules and Regulations
In addition to the requirements of section 913 of this chapter, no regulation hereafter made by an agency of the Virgin Islands shall become effective until an original and two duplicates, have been filed in the office of the Lieutenant Governor, and until it has been published in the Virgin Islands Rules and Regulations.
§ 934. Regulations as to preparation and form; statutory references
The Lieutenant Governor shall prescribe by regulations, the style in which regulations filed pursuant to section 933 of this title shall be prepared. His regulations shall prescribe a standard size form to be used in filing regulations pursuant to that section and shall provide that each regulation be accompanied by the citation of the statutory […]
§ 935. Indorsement of time of filing; public inspection
The Lieutenant Governor shall indorse on all copies of the regulations presented for filing in his office the time and date of filing. He shall maintain a permanent file of such regulations in his office for public inspection.
§ 936. Approval by Lieutenant Governor
The Lieutenant Government Secretary shall examine each regulation filed with him pursuant to section 933 of this title to determine whether it complies with the regulations issued by him pursuant to section 934 of this title. If he approves, he shall indorse his approval on each copy of the regulation, and the regulation is then […]
§ 937. Correction of regulations
If upon examination the Lieutenant Governor determines that a regulation does not comply with the regulations issued pursuant to section 934 of this title, he may— (a) return it to the issuing agency, with notice of his objections, for correction and conformance; or (b) make such corrections and changes as are necessary to bring the […]
§ 938. Circumstances requiring effectiveness prior to publication
The provisions of section 933 of this subchapter requiring publication of regulations in the Virgin Islands Rules and Regulations may be dispensed with in all cases in which the regulations have been approved by the Governor and he certifies that because of emergency or other compelling circumstances, including a lengthy delay before publication, the public […]
§ 939. Presumption of correctness of published regulation; judicial notice
(a) The publication of a regulation in the Virgin Islands Rules and Regulations or the Virgin Islands Register raises a rebuttable presumption that the text of the regulation so published is the text of the regulation adopted. (b) The courts of the Virgin Islands shall take judicial notice of the contents of each regulation printed […]
§ 940. Regulations of federal agency
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 933 and 934 of this subchapter, an agency of the Virgin Islands may in a regulation incorporate by reference regulations promulgated by an agency of the United States as set forth in the Federal Register, without publishing such regulations in full, by filing and publishing the adopting regulations as specified […]
§ 941. Distribution of new regulations
The Lieutenant Governor shall distribute, within five weekdays after approval by the Governor, at least two copies of any regulation hereafter made by any agency of the Government of the Virgin Islands to each of the following libraries: (1) the Enid M. Baa Library, St. Thomas, (2) the St. Thomas Campus Library of the University […]