Amendment of section 46 of the Constitution11.
Section 46 of the Constitution (laws as to elections) is amended—
(a)
by renumbering the existing text as subsection (1); and
(b)
“(2)
Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, the Legislature may enact legislation providing for—
(a)
Anguilla to be a single electoral district, in addition to the single-member electoral districts into which Anguilla is divided;
(b)
the number of members to be returned to the House of Assembly in elections in the single electoral district;
(c)
registered voters to have the right to vote in the single electoral district in addition to their right to vote in a single-member electoral district.
(3)
Subject to subsection (4), no legislation enacted under subsection (2) shall come into force before the dissolution of the House of Assembly next following its enactment.
(4)
Provisions of any legislation enacted under subsection (2) which concern the registration of voters and other preparations for elections may be brought into force before the dissolution of the House of Assembly.”.