# The St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order 2009, Paragraph 55: Speaker and Deputy Speaker

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) At the first sitting of the Legislative Council after a vacancy occurs in the office of Speaker or Deputy Speaker, or both, and before the transaction of any other business (except the administration of oaths or affirmations under section 54), the Council shall by secret ballot proceed to elect, to fill the vacancy, a Speaker or, as the case may be, a Deputy Speaker from among persons who are not Elected Members of the Council but who are qualified to be elected as Members of the Council and are not disqualified in any way for membership.
(2) To be elected, a candidate must receive the votes of a majority of all the Elected Members of the Legislative Council.
(3) The Standing Orders of the Legislative Council shall make provision for the conduct, consistently with this Constitution, of an election to fill the office of Speaker or Deputy Speaker.
(4) The office of Speaker or Deputy Speaker shall become vacant—
(a) if any circumstance arises that, if the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker were an Elected Member of the Legislative Council, would cause his or her seat to become vacant;
(b) if the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker resigns that office by writing under his or her hand addressed to the Clerk of Councils;
(c) if the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker becomes a candidate for election to the Council as an Elected Member;
(d) if the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker becomes a member of a Council Committee;
(e) on the passing, by the votes of a majority of all the Elected Members of the Council, of a motion expressing no confidence in the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker; or
(f) if the Council is dissolved.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1751/schedule/paragraph/55 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/st-helena-ascension-and-tristan-da-cunha-constitution-order-2009/schedule/paragraph-55
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