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Parliament of Queensland Act 2001
sec.21How a proxy is substituted
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### sec.21 How a proxy is substituted
This section applies if, during the period stated in the certificates, the absent member notifies the Speaker in writing that the member desires to substitute as the member’s first proxy and second proxy or either of them 2 other named members or 1 other named member, as the case may be.
The Speaker must read the notification to the Assembly—
if the Assembly is sitting on the day the Speaker receives the notification—on that day; or
if the Assembly is not sitting on that day—on the next sitting day.
On the notification under subsection (2) being read to the Assembly by the Speaker, the other members or member named in the notification—
becomes the first proxy and the second proxy or the first proxy or the second proxy, as the case may be, in substitution for the members or member who had been authorised to vote as and for the absent member; and
as the proxies or proxy, may vote as and for the absent member as provided under section 20 .
(sec.21-ssec.1) This section applies if, during the period stated in the certificates, the absent member notifies the Speaker in writing that the member desires to substitute as the member’s first proxy and second proxy or either of them 2 other named members or 1 other named member, as the case may be.
(sec.21-ssec.2) The Speaker must read the notification to the Assembly— if the Assembly is sitting on the day the Speaker receives the notification—on that day; or if the Assembly is not sitting on that day—on the next sitting day.
(sec.21-ssec.3) On the notification under subsection (2) being read to the Assembly by the Speaker, the other members or member named in the notification— becomes the first proxy and the second proxy or the first proxy or the second proxy, as the case may be, in substitution for the members or member who had been authorised to vote as and for the absent member; and as the proxies or proxy, may vote as and for the absent member as provided under section 20 .
- (a) if the Assembly is sitting on the day the Speaker receives the notification—on that day; or
- (b) if the Assembly is not sitting on that day—on the next sitting day.
- (a) becomes the first proxy and the second proxy or the first proxy or the second proxy, as the case may be, in substitution for the members or member who had been authorised to vote as and for the absent member; and
- (b) as the proxies or proxy, may vote as and for the absent member as provided under section 20 .