GOVERNMENT HOUSE TASMANIA STANDARD PROTOCOL

(For attendance by His Excellency the Governor)

Announcements for Arrival and Departure

Arrival:

  • Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the arrival of His Excellency, the Honourable Peter Underwood, Governor of Tasmania.

Departure:

  • Ladies and gentlemen, please stand. His Excellency the Governor is now departing.

Forms of Address

  • The Governor should be addressed as “Your Excellency” when speaking to him. If engaged in a conversation, “Sir” is acceptable after the initial greeting.
  • The Governor should be referred to, and introduced to others as “His Excellency the Governor”.
Written Title (for printed matter, programmes, plaques, etc)
  • His Excellency The Honourable Peter Underwood AC, Governor of Tasmania.
General

For Vice-Regal visits it is correct protocol that His Excellency is:

  • Met as he alights from the Vice-Regal vehicle,
  • Escorted/accompanied throughout the event, and
  • Escorted to the vehicle when he departs.

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