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Parliament Act 2025

Speaker, Deputy Speaker, and parliamentary precincts - Speaker and Deputy Speaker - Authority to act as Speaker

48: Deputy Speaker may act as Speaker under this Act or Public Finance Act 1989

You could also call this:

"Deputy Speaker can fill in for the Speaker in some situations"

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You can have someone act as the Speaker if the Speaker's job is empty or they are not working. The Deputy Speaker can do the Speaker's jobs under the Parliament Act 2025 and the Public Finance Act 1989. The Deputy Speaker can also do jobs related to money given to Parliament offices or agencies under the Public Finance Act 1989.

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Speaker and Deputy Speaker: Authority to act as Speaker

48Deputy Speaker may act as Speaker under this Act or Public Finance Act 1989

  1. This section applies if—

  2. the office of Speaker is vacant; or
    1. the Speaker is absent from duty.

      1. The functions, duties, and powers of the Speaker under this Act and the Public Finance Act 1989 may or (in the case of a duty) must be performed or exercised by the Deputy Speaker.

      2. Without limiting subsection (2), the functions or duties that the Deputy Speaker may or must perform under the Public Finance Act 1989, and the powers that the Deputy Speaker may exercise under that Act, include functions, duties, or powers relating to any of the following appropriations:

      3. an appropriation made to an Office of Parliament:
        1. an appropriation administered by a parliamentary agency.

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