1. In the public bodies, the members of the Senate shall be elected by the members of the island councils. For the purposes of these elections Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba shall be jointly considered as a province.

2. The members of the island council shall meet in each public body to cast their votes.

3. The provisions laid down by or pursuant to this Act concerning the election of members of the Senate shall, unless provided otherwise in this Part, apply mutatis mutandis to the election of these members by the members of the island councils, provided that the following terms in these provisions are read as:

a. ‘the province’: the public bodies collectively;

b. ‘the provincial council’: the island council;

c. ‘the King’s Commissioner’: the Lieutenant Governor;

d. ‘the provincial executive’: the island executive;

e. ‘the provincial clerk’s office’: the clerk to the island executive’s office;

f. ‘member of the provincial council’: member of the island council;

g. ‘assembly of the provincial council’: meeting of the island council.