 The Chief Pleas approved the reforms in October |
Sark is set to reform its feudal government after the governing body agreed on transitional changes ahead of a potential move to democracy. The Chief Pleas has agreed on a transitional system with 16 elected deputies and 12 tenants.
Members have been debating a final wording on the law since agreeing last year to give up guaranteed rights of landowners to member seats.
The decision will now go to Guernsey's Privy Council for final approval.
A referendum will take place in 2012 when the island may opt for a fully democratic system.
Sark needs constitutional reforms to comply with European human rights laws.
Owners of the island's 40 tenements (divisions of land) currently have an automatic seat in the Chief Pleas, and islanders chose 12 people's deputies.
The Chief Pleas approved the move to a fully democratic system last October after the opinion poll of the island's 450-strong population showed that 56% wanted to move to a system of 28 elected deputies.
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