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

You could also call this:

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

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If you are the Deputy Speaker when Parliament ends, you keep your job. You stay in office until the next general election polling day closes. You can leave your job as Deputy Speaker before then if you want to. You can look at section 13 of the Constitution Act 1986 to see a similar rule for the Speaker. This means you get to keep working as Deputy Speaker for a bit longer, even after Parliament ends.

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49Deputy 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.