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Parliament Act 2025

Speaker, Deputy Speaker, and parliamentary precincts - Speaker and Deputy Speaker - Delegation of Speaker’s functions, duties, and powers

45: How Speaker may delegate functions, duties, and powers

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"How the Speaker of Parliament can share their jobs with others"

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You can find out how the Speaker of Parliament can give some of their jobs to others in section 42(1) of the Parliament Act 2025. The Speaker can give these jobs to a specific person or a group of people, or to someone who holds a certain office. The Speaker must write down when they give these jobs to someone else. When the Speaker gives someone a job, that person can keep doing the job until the Speaker says they can't do it anymore. If the Speaker is no longer in their role, the person they gave the job to can still keep doing the job as if the new Speaker had given it to them.

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Speaker and Deputy Speaker: Delegation of Speaker’s functions, duties, and powers

45How Speaker may delegate functions, duties, and powers

  1. A delegation under section 42(1)—

  2. may be made to—
    1. a specified person or a specified class of persons; or
      1. the holder or holders for the time being of a specified office or specified class of offices; and
      2. must be in writing.

        1. A delegation continues to have effect according to its terms until it is revoked.

        2. A delegation made by a Speaker who has ceased to hold office continues to have effect as if made by the successor in office of that Speaker.

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