Cap. 562 Art. 8Role of the Speaker regarding the Parliamentary Service.

(1) The Speaker shall be the Head of the Service. The general role of the Speaker in relation to the Service shall be to:

(a) present the financial plans and estimates of the Service to the House Business Committee;

(b) decide major policies to guide the operation and management of the Service;

(c) supervise the management and operation of the Service;

(d) decide on the services to be supplied by the Service and for this purpose may establish divisions and sections as necessary, vested with such responsibilities as the Speaker may from time to time deem appropriate;

(e) be the employing authority of the Service; and

(f) in consultation with the House Business Committee, make regulations concerning the filling of vacancies, recruitment, tenure of appointment, dismissal, discipline and for all other matters relative to employment under this Act.

(2) The Speaker may engage such persons in a consultative capacity as he may deem necessary for the proper functioning of the Service, as well as such other persons as may be required to serve in his office, provided that where the House Business Committee shall have made rules regulating such procurement, the Speaker shall in procuring such services, follow such rules.