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Parliament Act 2025

Parliamentary privilege - Protected communication of proceedings in Parliament - Stay of court or tribunal proceedings

24: Speaker’s certificate that communication authorised

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"Speaker's Certificate: Proof You Were Allowed to Share Information"

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You can get a special certificate from the Speaker if you are someone mentioned in section 23. The Speaker gives you this certificate if you made a communication with their authority. The Speaker must sign the certificate. You might have communicated a document, so the Speaker must attach a copy of it to the certificate. The Speaker must also write on the certificate that the attached copy is true. This is how the Speaker makes sure everything is correct. The Speaker follows these steps to give you the certificate. This helps you prove that you had the authority to make the communication. You can use the certificate for your records.

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Protected communication of proceedings in Parliament: Stay of court or tribunal proceedings

24Speaker’s certificate that communication authorised

  1. The Speaker may, on application by or on behalf of a person referred to in section 23, grant a certificate to the person stating that the person, or the person’s agent or employee, made the communication under the House of Representatives’ or a committee’s authority.

  2. The Speaker must sign the certificate.

  3. In addition, if the certificate relates to the communication of a document, the Speaker must—

  4. attach a copy of the document to the certificate; and
    1. ensure that the certificate states that the attached copy is a true copy of what was communicated.

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