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7. Before appointing any person representing interests under subsection (4) of this section the Governor-General shall consult such persons as in his discretion he considers can speak for the interests concerned and ought to be consulted. QUALIFICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT AS SENATORS 29.- Subject to provisions of section 30 of this Constitution any person who at the date of his appointment- a. is a citizen of the age of twenty-one years or upwards; b. has resided in Antigua and Barbuda for a period of twelve months immediately preceding the date of his appointment; and c. is able to speak and, unless incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause, to read the English language with sufficient proficiency to enable him to take an active part in the proceedings of the Senate, - shall be qualified to be appointed as a Senator. DISQUALIFICATION FROM APPOINTMENT AS SENATORS 30.-