Paragraph 62 Presiding in Legislative Council or otherwise discharging the functions of Speaker

United Kingdom

(1)

At sittings of the Legislative Council there shall preside—

(a)

at the first meeting of the Council after a general election, until a Speaker has been elected, the Governor;

(b)

at any time when there is a person holding the office of Speaker, the Speaker;

(c)

in the absence of the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker; or

(d)

except at the first meeting of the Council after a general election, in the absence of both the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker, such Member of the Council as may be elected by the Elected Members then present to preside until the Speaker or Deputy Speaker is again present.

(2)

The Deputy Speaker may attend any sitting of the Legislative Council at which the Speaker presides but may not take part in the proceedings of the Council at that sitting.

(3)

At any time after the election of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker, other than a time when the Legislative Council is sitting, the other functions of the Speaker shall be discharged by—

(a)

the Speaker;

(b)

if the Speaker is not available, the Deputy Speaker; or

(c)

if neither the Speaker nor the Deputy Speaker is available, the Clerk of Councils.

Notes on Schedule

Modifications

C1: Sch. modified (22.8.2020) by The Overseas Territories (Constitutional Modifications) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/780), arts. 1(2), 3(2)

Commencement

I1: Sch. in force at 1.9.2009, see art. 1(3)