Clause 2

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:“(1) At any general election the number of non-constituency Members to be declared elected shall be 3 (or such greater number not exceeding 6 as the President may by order specify for the purpose of that general election) less the total number of Opposition Members elected to Parliament in accordance with section 49(7).(1A) Where any order is to be made under subsection (1), such order shall be made at any time after Parliament is dissolved but not later than the day of nomination for a general election following the dissolution; and the order shall cease to have effect at the next dissolution of Parliament.”;

by deleting the words “Where subsection (1) applies” in the first line of subsection (3) and substituting the words “Where any non-constituency Member is to be declared elected under this section”; and

by deleting the words “elected as a non-constituency Member” in the fourth and fifth lines of subsection (3) and substituting the words “so elected”.