Amendment of Section 27 of the Constitution
7. Section 27 of the Constitution is amended by substituting for subsection (1) the following—
“(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this Section, a person shall be qualified to be registered as an elector for the purpose of the election of members of the Legislative Council if he is a Commonwealth citizen who has attained the age of 18 years and either—
(a)he enjoys Falkland Island status; or
(b)his name appeared on the register of electors for a constituency in force on 1st September 1997.
and, in either case, he was resident in the Falkland Islands on the qualifying date in relation to which his entitlement to be registered as an elector falls to be considered and had on that qualifying date been so resident for the qualifying period.”.