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Article 76A); and (b) The person has at some time resided continuously in the Cook Islands for a period of not less than 12 months. (2) A person who meets the qualifications imposed by subclause (1) (or re-qualifies under subclause (3)) is disqualified from being an elector for the election of a Member of Parliament if the person is subsequently absent from the Cook Islands for a· continuous period of 3 months or more. (3) A person disqualified under subclause (2) shall re-qualify to be an elector for the election of a Member of Parliament if the person returns to the Cook Islands and at any time tl1ereafter remains in the Cook Islands for a continuous pe1iod of not less than~ months. . (4) The following shall not be regarded or treated as a period of absence from the Cook Islands for the pmposes of subclause (2): (a) Any continuous period not exceeding 4 years spent by a person outside the Cook Islands for the purpose of- (i) Receiving education, technical training, or technical instmction; or (ii) Receiving medical treatment; 20 03 ,.. NQ _._ 12-.. Constitution Amendment (No. 26) .. · - · · - - - « - - • - - ···- .. ------ . . . . . . . . . . . ·--·- - 3 (b) Any period spent by a person outside the Cook Islands as- (i) A member of a Cook Islands diplomatic or consular mission; or (ii) A spouse, partner, or member of the household of a person _refened to in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph. (5) Nothing in this Article limits the provisions of any law prescribing additional. qualifications to be (or additional disqualifications from being) an elector for the election of a member of Parliament, insofar as the law is not inconsistent with any provision of this Constitution." 5. Consequential repeals :.. Articles 28A, 28C, and 28D are repealed. 6. Savings (1) Notwithstanding the abolition of the Overseas Constituency by section 3 of this Act, the person (if any) who is the member of Parliament for that constituency immediately before the connnencement of this Act shall continue to hold office as, and shall be, the member of Parliament for that constituency as if that constituency had not been abolished by this Act. (2) Subsection (1) has effect only until, and expires on, the earlier of- (a) The seat of the member of Parliament for the Overseas Constituency becoming vacant pursuant to any Act; or (b) The Queen's Representative, dissolving Parliament under