Parliament

5. 1. The persons who immediately before the appointed day are members of the Senate established by the existing Order (in this section referred to as " the existing senate"), having been appointed as such under sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) respectively of paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 2 to that Order, shall as from the appointed day be members of the Senate established by the Constitution as if they had been appointed as such under subsections (2), (3) and (4) respectively of section 36 of the Constitution and shall hold their seats as Senators in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.

2. The persons who immediately before the appointed day are President and Deputy President of the existing Senate shall as from the appointed day be President and Deputy President respectively of the Senate established by the Constitution as if they had been elected as such under section 40 of the Constitution and shall hold office in accordance with the provisions of that section.

3. The persons who immediately before the appointed day are members of the House of Assembly the established for Barbados (in this section referred to as " the existing Assembly") shall as from the appointed day be members of the House of Assembly established by the Constitution as if elected as such in pursuance of section 41(2) of the Constitution and shall hold their seats in that House in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.

4. The persons who immediately before the appointed day are Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the existing Assembly shall as from the appointed day be Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively of the House of Assembly established by the Constitution as if elected as such by that House in pursuance of any provisions in that behalf.

5. Any person who is a member of the Senate or the House of Assembly established by the Constitution by virtue of the preceding provisions of this section and who, since he was last appointed or elected as a member of the existing Senate of the existing Assembly before the appointed day, has taken the oath of allegiance in pursuance of paragraph 21 of Schedule 2 to the existing Order shall be deemed to have complied with the requirements of section 59 of the Constitution relating to the taking of the oath of allegiance.

6. The Standing Orders of the existing Senate and the existing Assembly as in force immediately before the appointed day shall, except as may be otherwise provided in pursuance of section 50(1) of the Constitution, be three Standing Orders respectively of the Senate and the House of Assembly established by the Constitution, but they shall be construed with such modifications, adaptations, qualifications and exceptions as may be necessary to bring them into conformity with the Constitution.

7. Notwithstanding anything contained in section 61(3) of the Constitution (but subject t the provisions of subsections (4) and (5) of that section) Parliament shall, unless sooner dissolved, stand dissolved on the expiration of five years from the first sitting of the existing Assembly after the general election of members of the Assembly last preceding the appointed day.