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:
   1. on the day next before the first sitting day of the Senate after the 30th day of June following a periodical election; and
   2. 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.