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Parliament Act 2025

Clerk and Office of the Clerk - Clerk - Deputy Clerk

107: Functions, duties, and powers of Deputy Clerk

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"The Deputy Clerk's jobs and responsibilities in the House of Representatives"

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You have a Deputy Clerk who helps with jobs in the House of Representatives. The Deputy Clerk does things that the law or House of Representatives rules say they must do. They also do jobs that the Clerk gives them, which can include some of the Clerk's own jobs. You need to know that the Deputy Clerk is in charge of their own work, but the Clerk is still their boss. The Deputy Clerk must listen to the Clerk when doing their job. This is similar to a law from 1986 that said similar things about the Deputy Clerk's role.

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Clerk: Deputy Clerk

107Functions, duties, and powers of Deputy Clerk

  1. The Deputy Clerk has—

  2. the functions, duties, and powers conferred or imposed on the Deputy Clerk by law or by the rules and practice of the House of Representatives:
    1. the functions, duties, and powers that the Clerk assigns to the Deputy Clerk, which may include a function, duty, or power of the Clerk.

      1. The Deputy Clerk is subject to the control of the Clerk in performing the functions and duties and exercising the powers conferred or imposed on the Deputy Clerk under this section.

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