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and under the conditions specified by the Senate's rules of procedure; if any circumstances arise that, if he were not a Senator, would make him ineligible for appointment as such under subsection (1) of section 30 of the Constitution or under any law passed in accordance with subsection (2) of that section, subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of section 31; if the Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister in the case of a Senator appointed pursuant to that advice, the Leader of the Opposition in the case of a Senator appointed pursuant to that advice, the Barbuda Council in the case of a Senator appointed pursuant to that advice, or in his discretion in the case of a Senator appointed by him in his discretion; or if after being appointed in accordance with section 28(6) of the Constitution, he no longer resides in Barbuda.
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section 31(2) of the Constitution, or due to illness. The provisions of Section 31 of the Constitution shall apply to a Senator appointed under this Section in the same manner as they do to a Senator appointed under Section 28 of the Constitution, and an appointment made under this Section shall in any event cease to have effect if the person appointed is notified by the Governor-General that the circumstances giving rise to his appointment have ceased to exist.
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Every Senator must resign from the Senate in the following situations: at the next dissolution of Parliament after being appointed; if he is nominated with his consent to run for the House of Representatives; if he loses citizenship; if he is absent from Senate proceedings for the period or periods
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Subject to the provisions of Section 30 of the Constitution, any person who at the time of his appointment: is a citizen; is twenty-one years of age or older; has lived in Antigua and Barbuda for the twelve months immediately prior to the date of his appointment; and is able to speak and, unless
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The Governor-General may appoint a person qualified for appointment as a Senator to be temporarily a member of the Senate during such absence, suspension, or illness whenever a Senator is unable to perform his or her duties as a Senator due to absence from Antigua and Barbuda, suspension under
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disabled by blindness or another physical condition, to read the English language with enough proficiency to allow him to take an active part in the proceedings.
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The composition and powers of the Senate are established under sections 28 to 35 of the
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Barbuda Affairs
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List of members of the Senate (Antigua and Barbuda)
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16th legislature

Upper house
Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda
President
Alincia Williams-Grant
Deputy President
Osbert Frederick

Labour
UPP
BPM
Independent
Voting system
Governor-General

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Politics of Antigua and Barbuda

Monarch
Charles III
Governor-General
Sir Rodney Williams
Prime Minister
Gaston Browne
Cabinet
Parliament
Senate
President
House of Representatives

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