Western Australian Consolidated Acts

CONSTITUTION ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 1899 - SECT 23

23 .         Speaker to hold office till meeting of new Parliament unless not re-elected

                In case of any dissolution of Parliament the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly at the time of such dissolution shall continue in office and shall be deemed to be the Speaker of the said Assembly until the first meeting of the new Parliament, unless he shall not be re-elected a member of the said Assembly; but nothing in this section shall enable a Speaker hereby continued in office to preside at any meeting of the said Assembly.