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Speaker, Deputy Speaker, and parliamentary precincts - Parliamentary precincts - Speaker’s role in respect of parliamentary precincts

55: Speaker controls and administers parliamentary precincts

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"The Speaker is in charge of parliamentary areas."

The Speaker is in charge of the parliamentary precincts for the House of Representatives. You can think of the Speaker as the person who makes sure everything runs smoothly in these areas. The Speaker can also ask someone else to do some of their jobs if they need to. The Speaker has a lot of responsibility for the parliamentary precincts because of subsection 1. This means they can choose to delegate some of their tasks to another person. You can find more information about this in subsection 1.

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54: Map of land described in Part 1 of Schedule 2, or

"A map showing the land described in the law, with the written description being the most important part."

56: Speaker is occupier for purposes of Trespass Act 1980, or

Part 3Speaker, Deputy Speaker, and parliamentary precincts
Parliamentary precincts: Speaker’s role in respect of parliamentary precincts

55Speaker controls and administers parliamentary precincts

The control and administration of the parliamentary precincts is vested in the Speaker on behalf of the House of Representatives.
The Speaker may delegate to any person any function, duty, or power that the Speaker has as a consequence of subsection (1).