Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00070:section:7:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00070
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 7 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 6273–9360

7  Deputy Presiding Officer to be deemed to be Presiding Officer in event of death, absence or incapacity of Presiding Officer after dissolution or expiry of House
  If, after either House of the Parliament has been dissolved, or the House of Representatives has expired, the person, if any, who was the Presiding Officer of that House immediately before the dissolution or expiry dies, is absent from the Commonwealth or is incapable by reason of illness of exercising any powers or functions under a law of the Commonwealth, the person who last held office as Deputy Presiding Officer of that House shall, for the purposes of the exercise of any powers or functions by the Presiding Officer of that House under a law of the Commonwealth, be deemed to be the Presiding Officer of that House until a Presiding Officer is chosen by that House or the absence or incapacity terminates, as the case may be.

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes
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Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history

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Abbreviation key—Endnote 2
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Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4
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Misdescribed amendments
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Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

A = Act                                          o = order(s)
ad = added or inserted                           Ord = Ordinance
am = amended                                     orig = original
amdt = amendment                                 par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s)
c = clause(s)                                        /sub‑subparagraph(s)
C[x] = Compilation No. x                         pres = present