Cap. 562 Art. 4Establishment of the Parliamentary Service.

(1) There shall be established an autonomous

Parliamentary Service independent from the Executive.

(2) The Service shall be a body corporate having a distinct legal personality and shall be capable of entering into contracts, of employing personnel, of acquiring, holding and disposing of any kind of property for the purposes of its operations and of suing and

* see article 1(2) of the Act as originally promulgated, and Legal Notice 17 of 2017.

(3) The officers of the Service shall abide by any Code of Ethics applicable to public officers and shall, subject to any law to the contrary, have the same obligations thereunder: Provided that the Service may, with the concurrence of the House Business Committee, draw up service values and a Code of Ethics to supplement any public service Code of Ethics in respect of the Service.

(4) The legal and judicial representation of the Service shall lie in the Speaker.

(5) The Service shall consist of:

(a) officers of the House being:

(i) the Clerk;

(ii) other officers required to sit at the Table of the House;

(iii) such other officers as the Speaker, on the advice of the House Business Committee, may establish; and

(b) other officers of the Service.