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Parliament Act 2025

Clerk and Office of the Clerk - Clerk - Appointment, functions, duties, powers, and delegations

102: Clerk’s functions, duties, and powers

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"The Clerk's Job: Leading and Helping Parliament"

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You work with the Clerk of the House of Representatives. The Clerk leads and manages their office. They make sure employees do their jobs and follow the rules. The Clerk advises the House of Representatives on parliamentary practice and procedure. You know the Clerk has many jobs. They note all proceedings of the House of Representatives and its committees. They produce and publish the official report of the proceedings. The Clerk communicates to the public what happens in the House of Representatives. They educate the public about Parliament and help them engage with it. The Clerk supports Parliament to work with other parliaments. The Clerk is responsible to the Speaker for managing their office efficiently. They have the power to do their job as set out in the Act or other legislation, such as the Public Act 1986. The Clerk can do what is necessary to perform their functions and duties.

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Part 5Clerk and Office of the Clerk
Clerk: Appointment, functions, duties, powers, and delegations

102Clerk’s functions, duties, and powers

  1. The functions, duties, and powers of the Clerk are—

  2. to lead and manage the Office of the Clerk:
    1. to ensure that the employees of the Office of the Clerk—
      1. perform the functions and duties and exercise the powers conferred or imposed on them by law or by the rules and practice of the House of Representatives; and
        1. maintain—
          1. proper standards of integrity and conduct; and
            1. concern for the public interest:
          2. to advise the House of Representatives, the Speaker, and members on matters of parliamentary practice and procedure, and parliamentary law:
            1. to note all proceedings of the House of Representatives and its committees:
              1. to produce and publish the official report of the proceedings of the House of Representatives and its committees:
                1. to communicate to the public the proceedings of the House of Representatives and its committees:
                  1. to educate the public about Parliament and support the public to engage with Parliament:
                    1. to support Parliament to engage with other parliaments:
                      1. to perform any other function or duty or exercise any other power conferred or imposed on the Clerk by law or by the rules and practice of the House of Representatives.

                        1. The Clerk is responsible to the Speaker for managing the Office of the Clerk efficiently, effectively, and economically.

                        2. The Clerk has all the powers that are reasonably necessary to perform the functions and duties and exercise the powers conferred or imposed under this Act or other legislation on—

                        3. the Clerk; or
                          1. the Office of the Clerk.

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