Mr Rushford
Deputy Legal Adviser
ANGUILLA CONSTITUTION
1. I attach a re-draft of Section 18(5) of the Anguilla Constitution along the lines of which we spoke.
2. Section 18(5) would read:
(a) A British Dependent Territories citizen
(NB I have deleted the reference to 'British citizen' in the chapeau as a
would be a CBDT if any of the following provisions applied to him)
(b)
Person
* Please see below for
the exception
(i) who was born in Anguilla, whether before or after the commencement of the BNA 1981; or if not so born;
(ii) who was adopted in Anguilla;
or
(iii) whose father or mother was born in Anguilla; or
(iv) whose father or mother became a British Dependent Territories citizen by virtue of having been adopted in Anguilla; or
(v) who is domiciled in Anguilla and whose father or mother being a CUKC by virtue of registration or naturalisation in Anguilla became a BDTC at the commencement of the British Nationality Act 1981 (or would have done so but for his or her death) or so became after commencement of the said Act; or
(vi)
who having been naturalised or registered in Anguilla acquired that status on or after commencement of the British Nationality Act 1981.
A Commonwealth citizen who is domiciled in Anguilla and has been ordinarily resident for not less than 15 years; providing that if such a person has been ordinarily resident in Anguilla on (day on which constitution comes into force) for not less than 7 years, he shall be treated as if he had been ordinarily resident in Anguilla for not less than 15 years.
(NB
Please see Mr Wallace's minute of 29 January 1982 below)
(c)
(ลํา)
As for (e) in present draft Constitution.
As for (f) in present draft Constitutior.