Constitution of the Independent State of Samoa 21 but an Act may provide that no such salary shall be payable to such a member for any period for which the member is a fulltime salaried employee of the Government. The salaries of such members shall not be diminished during their period of office, unless as part of a general reduction of salaries applied proportionately to all persons whose salaries are determined by Act. (9) A member of the Council of Deputies shall not be qualified to be elected as a Member of Parliament: PROVIDED THAT the provisions of this clause shall not disqualify a member of the Council from being elected to the office of Head of State. (10) The Council of Deputies shall determine which of its members shall, from time to time, preside over Council. (11) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Council of Deputies may regulate its procedure in such manner as it thinks fit. 26. Head of State to act on advice - (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, the Head of State in the performance of his or her functions shall act on the advice of Cabinet, the Prime Minister or the appropriate Minister, as the case may be. (2) If Cabinet, the Prime Minister or an appropriate Minister tenders advice to the Head of State as to the performance of any function of the Head of State and, if the Head of State does not, within 7 days after the date on which the tendering of that advice comes to the notice of the Secretary to the Head of State, accept that advice or take some other action in relation thereto which the Head of State is entitled to take under the provisions of this Constitution or of any Act, the Head of State shall be deemed to have accepted that advice; and an instrument under the hand of the Secretary to Cabinet, acting on the instruction of the Prime Minister, to that effect shall operate as the performance of the function concerned in accordance with that advice. 27. Information for Head of State - It shall be the duty of the Prime Minister: (a) to arrange for the circulation to the Head of State of copies of the agenda and minutes of Cabinet and