CHAPTER 2 - PROCEEDINGS ON THE MEETING OF
PARLIAMENT
Meeting of new Parliament after a General Election
2. On the first day of a new Parliament after a General Election the
proceedings shall be as follows:
- Members shall assemble at the time and place specified in the Governor's
proclamation calling Parliament together and the Clerk shall read the
Proclamation and announce the receipt of Writs of Election and the List of
Members elected.
- The House shall await a message from the Commissioner(s) appointed by the
Governor for the Opening of Parliament.
- The House shall attend at the place named in the message to hear the
commission read. The House shall then return to its own Chamber.
- The Commissioner(s) appointed by the Governor for administering the pledge
or oath to Members shall be announced, and the commission read by the Clerk.
- The writ of election of each Member, with the return endorsed, shall be
produced by the Clerk.
- Members shall make a pledge of loyalty or oath as prescribed by law and
sign the roll.
- The House shall then elect a Speaker (see SO 10 and Constitution Act 1902,
section 31B)
- Until a Speaker is elected, the Clerk shall preside and in any debate shall
decide any point of order and determine which Member is entitled to address the
House.
- A Minister may then inform the House when the Governor will summon the
House for the hearing of the Governor's reasons for calling the Parliament
together. The House may then adjourn to that hour.
amended 8 October 2015
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