Presiding Officer


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Presiding Officer

the equivalent of the SPEAKER of the UK Parliament in the NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES and the SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT. He or she chairs the sessions and organizes business.
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In busy polling stations, the presiding officer might have a deputy presiding officer assisting them or a senior presiding officer overseeing their work.
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Under the Assembly's standing orders, if the Presiding Officer is from a party in government, the Deputy Presiding Officer must come from the opposition, and vice-versa.
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The decision of who will be the next Presiding Officer will be one for all AMs, who will vote in a secret ballot if there's more than one candidate.
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The police, however, released the presiding officers of four polling stations over personal surety bonds after investigation.
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Members of the Royal Family can expect the Presiding Officer and First Minister to attend their funeral, though AMs have to make do with the Deputy Presiding Officer or Clerk.
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The author likens the presiding officer to a referee at a sports event who has the responsibility of enforcing the rules so that the organization can do its work in a fair, expedient, and impartial manner.
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They told Parliament that the third presiding officer, Labour's Patricia Ferguson, had agreed to their ruling.
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Stand and address the presiding officer without interrupting a speaker.
I move that...

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