The council has the authority to buy, acquire, hold, mortgage, and dispose of land and other property.

[3] A person will not be allowed to be elected to the Council if they have, through their own actions, acknowledged allegiance, obedience, or adherence to a foreign power or state; if they are an undischarged bankrupt after having been declared or adjudged bankrupt in Antigua and Barbuda; if they have been certified as insane or otherwise determined to be of unsound mind under any Antigua and Barbuda law in effect; or is subject to a death sentence imposed by a court, or has been sentenced to imprisonment (by whatever name called) for a term of time exceeding twelve months and has not received a free pardon, the punishment for which he was sentenced, or any other punishment that may have been substituted therefor by competent authority; or holds or is acting in any paid office or other place of profit that is under the control or jurisdiction of the Council; or is barred from election or membership in the Council under any provisions of the Barbuda Local Government Act; or maintains or is performing any public office; is a member of the Police Force or any Armed Forces of the Crown; has any interest in any contract with the Council that may be prescribed, subject to any exemptions or limitations set forth by the Legislature; stops being a Commonwealth citizen; or serves as a minister of religion.

[3] Any elected member of the Council will lose their membership and become vacant of their seat if they miss three consecutive meetings without the Chairman's permission, or if they are absent from Antigua and Barbuda for longer than sixty days without permission, or if there are any other circumstances that would disqualify them from running for office.

The Chairman will promptly notify the minister responsible and the Supervisor of Elections in writing of the vacancy.

It is be legal for an authority to consult the Council on a matter if it believes that the Council's cooperation and assistance would make it easier for that authority to implement or carry out any public business that is its responsibility under the Constitution, the Barbuda Local Government Act, or any other law.

It is an 11-member body consisting of nine directly elected and two ex officio (Barbuda's House and Senate representatives in the national Parliament) members who serve four-year terms.

[5] The Barbuda Council currently has five different committees: Finance, Works and General Purposes, Health, Social Welfare and Disaster, Tourism, Sports, Culture and Youth Affairs, and Agriculture, Land, Forestry, Fisheries, Coastal/Marine Protection.

[6] In the letter dated 31 August 2020, Council Secretary, Paul Nedd, informed Cabinet Secretary, Konata Lee, that the Barbuda Council wished to secede from Antigua to determine a separate future for Barbuda and its people.

[3] The four members who received the fewest votes in the first election under the Barbuda Local Government Act will retire from office after two years, but they will be eligible to run again.