No Member to sit or vote until pledge of loyalty or oath of allegiance taken
12 No Member to sit or vote until pledge of loyalty or oath of allegiance taken
A Member of the Legislative Council or the Legislative Assembly is not permitted to sit or vote in the House to which the Member has been elected until the Member has taken the pledge of loyalty or oath of allegiance before the Governor or other person authorised by the Governor for that purpose.
The pledge of loyalty is to be in the following form—
Under God, I pledge my loyalty to Australia and to the people of New South Wales.
A Member may omit the words “Under God” when taking the pledge of loyalty.
The oath of allegiance is to be in the following form (with the name of the reigning Sovereign substituted, where appropriate)—
I swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Her heirs and successors according to law. So help me God.
A Member may, instead of taking an oath of allegiance, make an affirmation to the same effect.
It is not necessary for a Member who has taken or made an oath or affirmation of allegiance to take or make that oath or affirmation again after any demise of the Crown, including by or on abdication.
This section applies only to Members elected after the commencement of the Constitution Amendment (Pledge of Loyalty) Act 2006.
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