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Parliamentary privilege - Other provisions relating to parliamentary privilege - Members and officers in court or tribunal proceedings

36: Service of exemption certificate or order

You could also call this:

"Giving copies of exemption papers to people involved in a court case"

If you get an exemption certificate or order, you must give a copy to the plaintiff or prosecutor. You also need to give a copy to all other parties involved in the court case. You can do this by serving the copies or taking all reasonable steps to serve them, as stated in section 33, 34, or 35.

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Topics:

Crime and justice > Courts and legal help

35: Exemption of Speaker from attendance: interim exemption by Speaker, or

"The Speaker can excuse themselves from court if they act quickly and fairly in an emergency."

37: Effect of certificate or order, or

"What happens when you get a special certificate or order from the court"

Part 2Parliamentary privilege
Other provisions relating to parliamentary privilege: Members and officers in court or tribunal proceedings

36Service of exemption certificate or order

A person to whom an exemption certificate, an exemption order, or an interim exemption certificate is granted under section 33, 34, or 35 must serve, or take all reasonable steps to serve, copies of the certificate or order on the plaintiff or prosecutor and all other parties to the proceedings to which the certificate or order relates.