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Standing Orders
9 Term of office
(1) At the commencement of the sittings next ensuing after the 30th day of June following each periodical election, or at the commencement of the session after a general election of the Senate, or when any vacancy occurs, the Senate shall appoint a senator to be Deputy President and Chairman of Committees.
(2) The office of Deputy President and Chairman of Committees shall become vacant:
(a) on the day next before the first sitting day of the Senate after the 30th day of June following a periodical election; and
(b) on the date of a proclamation dissolving the Senate.
(amended 6 May 1993)
10 Appointment of Deputy President
The Deputy President and Chairman of Committees shall be appointed in a similar manner to the President.
11 Duty of Chairman
The Chairman of Committees shall take the chair of the committee at the table whenever a committee of the whole is constituted.
12 Temporary Chairmen
The President shall nominate at the commencement of each Parliament a panel of not less than 2 senators who may act as Temporary Chairmen of Committees when requested so to do by the Chairman of Committees, or when the Chairman of Committees is absent.
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