Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section does not affect the way in which the Assembly is presided over when it is sitting in the absence of the Speaker.
(2) The way in which the Assembly is presided over when it is sitting in the absence of the Speaker is decided under the standing rules and orders and any resolution of the Assembly.
(3) Subject to subsections (1) and (2), the Chairperson of Committees may act as the Speaker—
(a) during a vacancy in the Speaker's office; or
(b) during a period when the Speaker is absent from duty or from the State or is, for another reason, unable to perform the duties of the office.
(4) If the Chairperson of Committees is for any reason unable to act as Speaker at a time mentioned in subsection (3)(a) or (b), the most senior temporary Chairperson of Committees, who is able to act as Speaker, may act as the Speaker.
(5) For subsection (4), as between temporary Chairpersons of Committees the most senior temporary Chairperson of Committees is the one who has continually served longest as a member.
(6) A person acting as the Speaker may be referred to as the Deputy Speaker.