(b) in the absence of a Member so appointed, the
senior ex officio Member present; or
(c) in the absence of a Member so appointed or of an ex officio Member, the senior Official Member present.
(3) For the purposes of subparagraphs (6) and (c) of paragraph (2) of this clause-
() the Senior Military Officer shall not be regarded as an ex officio Member of the Council;
(b) the remaining ex officio Members of the Council shall have seniority in the order in which their offices are mentioned in clause ][ of these Instructions; and
(c) the Official Members of the Council shall have seniority according to the priority of their respective appointments to the Council:
Provided that Members appointed by the same Instrument shall have seniority among themselves according to the order in which they are named therein."
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Clause XX of the existing Instructions shall be revoked.
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(3) For the purposes of subparagraph (b) of paragraph (2) of this clause--
(a) the Senior Military Officer shall not be
regarded as an
an Official Member of the Council; and
(b) the remaining Official Members of the Council
shall have seniority as follows-
(f) First, the persons discharging the func tions of the offices specified in clause XIII of these Instructions, in the order in which those offices are mentioned therein; (ii) Second, the other Members according to the priority of their respective appoint- ments to the Council:
Provided that Members appointed by the same Instrument shall have Seniority among themselves according to the order in which they are named therein."
6. These Additional Instructions shall come into effect on Commence the first day of March, 1955.
Given at Our Court at St. James's this Seventeenth day of February, in the fourth year of Our Reign.
DIETL
Revocation
of clause
XX of
Instructions
of 1917.
Replace.
ment of
3.
4. Clause XX1 of the existing Instructions shall be revoked,
classe XXI without prejudice to anything lawfully done thereunder, and the
following clause shall be substituted therefor
of Instrue
tions of
1217.
"Presiding in Legislä- tive Council.
XXL-(0) The Governor shall, so far as is practicable, president meetings of the Legislative Council.
(2) In the absence of the Governor there shall preside at any meeting of the Council-
(a) such Member of the Council as the Governor
may appoint; or
(b) in the absence of a Member so appointed, the
senior Official Member present.