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Parliament Act 2025

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50: Deputy Speaker to continue in office despite dissolution or expiration of Parliament

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"The Deputy Speaker keeps their job even if Parliament ends."

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If you are the Deputy Speaker when Parliament is dissolved or expires, you keep your job. You stay in office until the next general election polling day closes, unless you leave the job sooner. You can check out section 13 of the Constitution Act 1986 to see a similar rule for the Speaker.

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50Deputy Speaker to continue in office despite dissolution or expiration of Parliament

  1. A person who is in office as Deputy Speaker immediately before the dissolution or expiration of a Parliament continues in office, despite that dissolution or expiration, until the close of polling day at the next general election unless that person sooner vacates office as Deputy Speaker.

  2. See section 13 of the Constitution Act 1986 for the equivalent provision relating to the Speaker.

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