annual registration of voters.

And the Act -- which took hours to pass the House of Assembly last week -- will take up most of the day's business.

Senate President Alf Oughton said associated legislation will be tabled, but not debated until next week.

But the first job of the day will be to officially swear in new UBP Senator Mark Pettingill, nominated by Opposition leader Pamela Gordon after ex-Senator Patricia Gordon Pamplin won a seat in the House of Assembly.

The motion to adjourn -- when Senators get to sound off on issues of the day and the first since the Easter break -- could, however, stretch out the day's debate.