4 Additional Deputy Presiding Officer

4  Additional Deputy Presiding Officer

(1)     In section 25 (Presiding Officer etc) of the 2006 Act—

(a)     in subsection (1)(b), for “(referred to in this Act as “the Deputy Presiding Officer”)” substitute “(see subsection (1B)(a))”;

(b)     after subsection (1), insert—

“(1A)     The Senedd may at any time elect one additional deputy presiding officer from among the Members of the Senedd (but there may be no more than one additional deputy presiding officer at any time).

(1B)     In this Act, “Deputy Presiding Officer” means, unless the context requires otherwise—

(a)     the person elected under paragraph (b) of subsection (1);

(b)     a person elected under subsection (1A),

but in section 23(4)(b) “Deputy Presiding Officer means only the person elected under paragraph (b) of subsection (1).”;

(c)     in subsection (2), for “is to be known as

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