Editing Anguilla (section)

== Governance ==

===Political system===
{{Main|Politics of Anguilla}}
{{See also|Law of Anguilla}}
Anguilla is an internally self-governing [[British overseas territory|overseas territory]] of the United Kingdom.<ref name="CIA World Factbook- Anguilla"/> Its politics take place in a framework of a [[parliamentary system|parliamentary]] [[representative democracy|representative democratic]] [[Dependent territory|dependency]], whereby the [[Premier of Anguilla|Premier]] is the [[head of government]], and of a [[wikt:pluriform|pluriform]] multi-party system.<ref name="CIA World Factbook- Anguilla"/> A governor is appointed by the British government to represent the king.

The [[United Nations Committee on Decolonization]] includes Anguilla on the [[United Nations list of non-self-governing territories]]. The territory's constitution is the Anguilla Constitutional Order 1 April 1982 (amended 1990).<ref name="CIA World Factbook- Anguilla"/> [[Executive power]] is exercised by the government, with [[legislative power]] being vested in both the government and the [[Anguilla House of Assembly|House of Assembly]].<ref name="CIA World Factbook- Anguilla"/> The [[judiciary]] is independent of the executive and the legislature.<ref name="Encyclopedia Britannica – Anguilla"/>

===Defence===
As a British overseas territory, the UK is responsible for Anguilla's military defence,<ref name="Encyclopedia Britannica – Anguilla"/><ref name="CIA World Factbook- Anguilla"/> although there are no active [[garrisons]] or armed forces present in the territory. Since 2020, the [[Royal Navy]] has forward-deployed the offshore patrol vessel [[HMS Medway (P223)|HMS ''Medway'']] long-term to the Caribbean for patrol and sovereignty protection duties.<ref>{{cite news |title=HMS Medway Sets Sail for the Caribbean |url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2020/january/20/200120-hms-medway-sets-sail-for-the-caribbean |access-date=1 October 2020 |agency=[[Royal Navy]] |date=20 January 2019 |archive-date=10 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510053232/https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2020/january/20/200120-hms-medway-sets-sail-for-the-caribbean |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2023, the destroyer [[HMS Dauntless (D33)|HMS Dauntless]] (which had temporarily replaced ''Medway'' on her normal Caribbean tasking), visited the territory in order to assist local authorities in preparing for the climax of the hurricane season.<ref>{{cite news |title=HMS Dauntless visits trio of Caribbean Islands in disaster relief preparation mission |url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2023/october/04/231004-dauntless-caribbean-hop |access-date=4 October 2023 |agency=[[Royal Navy]] |date=4 October 2023 |archive-date=4 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004143659/https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2023/october/04/231004-dauntless-caribbean-hop |url-status=live }}</ref>

Anguilla had a small [[marine police]] force, comprising around 32 personnel, which operated one [[VT Group|VT Halmatic]] M160-class {{convert|16|m|adj=on|disp=flip}} fast [[patrol boat]].{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} Policing on the island is the responsibility of the [[Royal Anguilla Police Force]].