The right of the Falkland Islands to issue its own banknotes is controlled from the UK.  Her is an extraxct from the Constitution: ::::The Governor shall not, without having previously obtained instructions through a Secretary of State, assent to any Bill within any of the following classes, unless such Bill contains a clause suspending its operation until the signification of Her Majesty’s pleasure on the Bill, that is to say— ::::(a) any Bill whereby any grant of land or money, or other donation or gratuity may be made to the Governor; ::::(b) any Bill affecting the currency of the Falkland Islands or relating to the issue of banknotes; ::::c) any Bill establishing any banking association or altering the constitution, rights or duties of any such association; :::Elsewhere I have read that the Islands must deposit 110% of the face value of any coins or notes that they commission with a reputable bank.  The FIG can make a bit of money out of this by striking a £1 coin, issuing it and then redeeming it say 20 years later and pocketing the interest from the bank concerned.  In the case of commemorative coins which are never redeemed, the FIG gets the interest in perpeturity.  However the FIG cannot establish its own central bank without auithority from the UK.  :::I stand by my assertion that the BBC watered down (or rather dumbed down) the level of autonomy that the FIG has.  :::I would also draw to attention that the Chief Justice is a part-time post and that if an appeal is to be heard, then the Governor assembles as appeal court as he sees fit. I understand that if he does this, he will nominate judges from the Commonwealth and/or Ireland.   :::These show that a number of important points relating to internal self-government are controlled by the UK Government, not the FIG. I therefore assert that the BBC dumbed things down when the wrote that the islands enjoy internal self-government.     