departmental bodies can administer and oversee the services that have a local character and are within their area. b. The State shall direct public welfare institutions for the public good in a manner consistent with general State policy and the interest of its citizens. Section 3 The Legislative Authority National Assembly Article 51 The National Assembly consists of two Councils: the Consultative Council and the Council of Deputies. Part 1 The Consultative Council Article 52 (Amended) The Consultative Council consists of forty members who are duly appointed by virtue of a Royal Order as per the procedures, regulations and parameters set forth by a Royal Order. 3 Article 53 (Amended) Any member of the Consultative Council must be a Bahraini national; hence must have been neutralized as a Bahraini national for not less than ten years, and does not hold any other nationality except that of a GCC member state provided that the Bahraini nationality is his origin, enjoys all political and civil rights, and his name is included in any of the electoral registers, must not be less than a full thirty five years of age by the Gregorian Calendar on the day of appointment, and must be experienced or have rendered distinguished services to the Nation.4 3 4 Ibid. Ibid. 24