S.O.198 Bills - agreement in principle - amendment - referral to committee
Debate on motion to agree in principle
198. Amendments may be moved to the question “That this bill be now agreed to in principle” to leave out all words after the word “That” and adding words to refer the bill to a committee (as specified).
amended 3 July 2009
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| House Forms | Amendment to Second Reading –
to refer Bill to Committee
(SO 198) 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 Bill be referred to [Name of Committee] for consideration and report. Speaker: The Original Question was: That this Bill be now read a second time. UPON WHICH the Member for has moved, that the Question be amended by leaving out all the words after the word “That” with a view to inserting instead the words “the Bill be referred to [Name of Committee] for consideration and report”. The Question now is: That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question. OR: That the amendment be agreed to. (IF RESOLVED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE) The Question is: That this Bill be now read a second time. (IF RESOLVED IN NEGATIVE) The Question is: That the words proposed to be inserted be so inserted. (IF AMENDMENT AGREED TO) The Question is: That the motion, as amended, be agreed to. |
| 551 Sessional Order | Amendment – referral to committee
(adopted 4 April 2012) That, during the current session, unless otherwise ordered, standing order 198 shall read as follows: 198. Amendments may be moved to the question "That this bill be now read a second time" to leave out all words after the word "That" and adding words to refer the bill to a committee (as specified). |
| S.O. 210 of 1994 (Repealed) | 210. Amendments may be moved to the question for the second reading by leaving out all words after the word "That" and adding "this bill be referred to a committee". |
| 2004 Precedent | During the debate on the motion to suspend standing and sessional orders, the Leader of the House moved that the question be now put whereupon the Speaker ruled that under standing order 405(5) the closure motion could not be moved. A point of order was raised that as the closure motion had been ruled out of order the time of the member who had been speaking should resume from the time the Leader of the House moved his motion. The Speaker did not agree and noted that the standing orders are explicit that if points of order are taken when a member is speaking, the member's speaking time is eroded by those points of order. PD 08/12/2004, p 13586 |
| 2003 Precedent | 1. Motion agreed to that the Government (Open Market Competition) Bill be referred to the Public Accounts Committee for consideration and report. VP 03/07/2003, p 259 |
| 1992 Precedent | 1. Motion agreed to that a message be sent to the Legislative Council advising that the Assembly had resolved to refer the Constitution (Fixed Term Parliaments) bill to a joint select committee and requesting the Council to pass a similar resolution. VP 26/2/92, 52 2. Message sent to Legislative Council requesting that a joint select committee be established to consider and report upon the management of the Parliament and in particular upon the Parliament Management Bill 1992 and cognate bill. VP 7/5/92, 334
PD 27/11/92, 10436 3. Final Report tabled on the Joint Select Committee upon the Constitution (Fixed Term Parliaments) Bills. VP 26/2/92, 52; PD 23/9/92, 6312 4. Tamworth Tourist Information Centre Bill referred to a select committee for consideration and report. PD 15/10/92, 7102 |
| 1991 Precedent | 1. Electricity Commission (Corporatisation) Bill motion moved to refer to select committee; adjourned. VP 12/11/91, 332 |
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