Amendment Act will resume in the Senate tomorrow.

Senate President Albert Jackson said he had sought legal advice on the matter and would be preparing a statement.

But he declined to give any further information on the matter except that he expected to be in touch with some of the key players involved in last week's events before the Senate meets again.

He added that he hoped his statement would "guide the hands of the Senate in how far we can in fact resume''.

At the last sitting of the Senate, Opposition Senators, along with Independent Sen. Alf Oughton, won a vote on an amendment to the Act which had been tabled by Opposition Sen. Terry Lister.

The bill should have been referred back to the House of Assembly for further debate during its next session in November.

But Government Senators led by Sen. Gary Pitman attempted to reintroduce the Act and have it discussed during that session.

They argued that judgment had not been passed on the bill and that there had only been a vote for a small amendment to the powers of appeal by service providers.

Sen. Jackson said the UBP might have a case and deferred the matter until tomorrow while he sought advice.

Yesterday, Telecommunications Minister John Barritt said he had options currently under review but his final decision hinged upon Sen. Jackson's ruling.

He had said earlier that offers of licenses to four firms interested in competing with the Bermuda Telephone Company and Cable & Wireless could still be offered under the current Telecommunications Act.

If the bill was reintroduced and approved by the Senate as originally drafted, he continued, it could become law this summer.

Government would then fulfil its obligation to amend it as required by the Senate when it reconvened in November, he said.