| Related Orders, Precedents and Rulings |
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| Standing Order 217 | 217. After consideration in detail a bill may be reconsidered in whole or in part by amendment to the motion “That this bill be now passed”. |
| House Forms | Reconsideration
(on motion “That this bill be now passed”
(SO 217) Minister: I move, That this Bill be now read a third time. (Speaker will propose the Question) Member: I move, That the Question be amended by leaving out all words after the word “That” with a view to inserting instead the words “the House reconsider - clause(s)
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the whole Bill.” Speaker: The Original Question was: That this Bill be now read a third time. UPON WHICH the Member for has moved, That the Question be amended by leaving out all words after the word “That” with a view of inserting instead the words “the House reconsider - clause(s)
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the whole Bill” The Question now is: That the amendment be agreed to. (IF RESOLVED IN AFFIRMATIVE) The Question now is: That the House reconsider - clause(s)
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the whole Bill (IF RESOLVED IN NEGATIVE) The Question is: That this Bill be now read a third time (Once the Bill has been reconsidered) Minister: I ask that you set down the third reading as an order of the day for a later time. OR Minister: I move, That this bill be now read a third time |
| 551 Sessional Order | Reconsideration in whole or part
(adopted 4 April 2012) That, during the current session, unless otherwise ordered, standing order 217 shall read as follows: 217. After consideration in detail a bill may be reconsidered in whole or in part by amendment to the motion "That this bill be now read a third time". |