The clerk of the New Zealand House of Representatives is an officer of the

New Zealand House of Representatives The House of Representatives is the sole chamber of the New Zealand Parliament. The House passes Law of New Zealand, laws, provides Ministers of the New Zealand Government, ministers to form Cabinet of New Zealand, Cabinet, and supervises the ...

and is the principal officer (chief executive) of the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Role

The clerk of the House of Representatives advises the

speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** In ...

and members of parliament on matters of

parliamentary procedure Parliamentary procedure is the accepted rules, ethics, and customs governing meetings of an assembly or organization. Its object is to allow orderly deliberation upon questions of interest to the organization and thus to arrive at the sense or t ...

. Other functions of the clerk of the House include: to record the proceedings and decisions of the House, to certify bills ready for

royal assent Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature, either directly or through an official acting on the monarch's behalf. In some jurisdictions, royal assent is equivalent to promulgation, while in other ...

, to issue the Order Paper (order of business) for each sitting day, to administer the oath or affirmation of allegiance for members of Parliament after a general election, and to oversee the provision of secretariat services for the House and its committees. Clerk David Wilson took office on 6 July 2015 following the retirement of

Mary Winifred Harris Mary Winifred Harris was the thirteenth Clerk of the New Zealand House of Representatives ("Clerk of the House"). She was appointed Clerk of the House on 10 December 2007, following the resignation of David Graham McGee. She served as Clerk of ...

.David Wilson appointed as Clerk of the House
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List of Clerks of the New Zealand House of Representatives

References

External links

* New Zealand Parliament Websit

{{authority control Clerks of the New Zealand House of Representatives, Government agencies of New Zealand

Parliament of New Zealand Officers of the Parliament of New Zealand