Deputy Speaker Act, 1855

DEPUTY SPEAKER ACT 1855

CAP. LXXXIV.

An Act to provide for the Performance of certain Duties of the Speaker during his temporary Absence from the House of Commons. [14th August 1855.]

Whereas the House of Commons have provided by their Standing Orders for the temporary Performance of certain Duties of the Speaker, during his unavoidable Absence, by a Deputy Speaker: And whereas Her Majesty had previously signified Her Consent that the House might do therein as they should think fit: And whereas certain Matters concerning the Office of Speaker are regulated by Statute, and the Validity of Acts done or Proceedings taken during the Absence of the Speaker may hereafter be questioned:’ Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows: