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Chapter 1 - General Conduct Of Business
1 Standing Orders - repeal of previous Standing Orders
Chapter 2 - Proceedings On The Meeting Of Parliament
2 Meeting of new Parliament - procedure for first day
3 Meeting for new session - Governor's Speech
4 Address in Reply - moved
5 Address in Reply - precedence
6 Address in Reply - adoption
7 Address in Reply - presentation
8 Presence of the Sovereign - Opening of Parliament
Chapter 3 - Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Assistant Speaker, Temporary Speakers and Officers
9 Speaker - Election of - when Speaker elected
10 Speaker - Election of - Constitution Act 1902
11 Speaker - Election of - procedure after election of
12 Deputy Speaker and Assistant Speaker - Election of - when
13 Deputy Speaker - Election of - procedure
14 Assistant Speaker - Election of - procedure
15 Speaker - absence of
16 Speaker - vacancy in Speakership
17 Deputy Speaker, Assistant Speaker - vacancy in office
18 Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Assistant Speaker - absence of all during session
19 Temporary Speakers - nomination by Speaker
20 Temporary Speakers - revocation of nomination
21 Temporary Speakers - takes Chair when requested
22 Clerk's absence or vacancy
Chapter 4 - Swearing Of Members, Roll, Register, Leave Of Absence
23 Pledge of Loyalty - make after first day
24 Roll of Members
25 Register of Members
26 Front Bench for Ministers
27 Attendance of Members
28 Leave of absence
29 Leave of absence forfeited
Chapter 5 - Official Records Of The House
30 Votes and Proceedings - Record of
31 House Papers - daily publication
32 Statutory Rules - publication
33 Papers and Documents - custody of official records
Chapter 6 - Meeting And Adjournment Of The House
34 Days and times of meeting
35 Bells - warning bells
36 Speaker takes the Chair
37 Quorum - at time of meeting
38 Quorum - absence of at time of meeting
39 Prayer and acknowledgement of Country
40 Quorum resumotion of sitting without quorum
41 Quorum - Absence of during sitting and subsequent count-out
42 Quorum - Chair's discretion on further quorum
43 Quorum - no quorum in division
44 Quorum - disorder on call of quorum
45 Quorum - restriction on quorum calls
46 Adjournment and next meeting - adjournment of House by Minister
47 Adjournment and next meeting - recall of House by Government
48 Adjournment and next meeting - recall of House by majority of Members
Chapter 7 - Rules Of Debate And Privilege
49 Order - Speaker maintains order
50 Order - Members silent when Speaker rises
51 Order - Members silent when question put
52 Order - no noise or interruption of debate
53 Order - no Member to pass between Chair
54 Order - Members to be seated
55 Manner and right of speech - Member seeking call
56 Manner and right of speech - illness or disability
57 Motion "That Member be now heard"
58 Motion "That Member be not further heard"
59 Manner and right of speech - irrelevance or tedious repetition
60 Motion "That Member be further heard"
61 Manner and right of speech - when Member may speak
62 Manner and right of speech - personal explanation
63 Inaugural Speech
64 Manner and right of speech - Member to speak once
65 Manner and right of speech - Member briefly heard in explanation
66 Reply
67 Reply - subject of reply
68 Reply - reply closes debate
69 Manner and right of speech - no Member to speak after question put
70 Quotation from Hansard or newspaper
71 Reflection on vote of the House
72 Offensive words not to be used
73 Reflection on Members by substantive motion only
74 Offensive and disorderly words and quarrels not permitted
75 Manner and right of speech - no Member to be referred to by name
76 Relevancy
77 Anticipation
78 Question - request for question to be restated
79 Interruptions not allowed - exceptions
80 Matters not open to debate nor amendment
81 Matters not open to debate - abuse of forms of the House
82 Adjournment of debate
83 Resumption of adjourned debate
84 Adjournment of debate - mover of adjournment, if negatived, held to have spoken
85 Maximum time limits for debates and speeches
86 Motion "That the question be put"
87 Closure - right of reply
88 Closure - limitation of application
89 Closure - consequential divisions
90 Closure - allocation of time for debate (guillotine)
91 Privilege or Contempt Suddenly Arising in the House
92 Matters of privilege not suddenly arising
93 Point of order
94 Point of order - consideration of point of order
95 Dissent from Speaker's ruling
96 Leave of the House
Chapter 8 - Routine Of Business
97 Routine of Business
98 Friday sittings
99 Placing or Disposal of Business - notices take precedence
100 Placing or disposal of business
101 Establishing program for General Business Days
102 Government Business - Ministers may arrange
103 Ministerial Statements - times for Ministerial Statements
104 Ministerial Statements - Duration of Ministerial Statements
105 General Business - precedence and lapsing of general business
106 General Business - re-ordering
107 General Business - Times for debate
108 Procedure for General Business Notices of Motions and Private Members' Statements
109 Consideration of Motions Accorded Priority
110 Matters of Public Importance
111 Motions of no confidence in Government
112 Motions of no confidence in Minister
113 Motions of no confidence in Speaker
114 Motions of censure of a Member
115 Motions of censure of Speaker
116 Disallowance of Statutory Rules
117 Unproclaimed Legislation
118 Business with Precedence
Chapter 9 - Petitions
119 Petitions - lodgement of petitions
120 Petitions - Clerk's certificate
121 Petitions - content of
122 Petitions - must not contain
123 Petitions - procedure for lodgement and presentation
124 Petitions - deemed to have been received
125 Petitions - referral to Minister
Chapter 10 - Questions Seeking Information
126 Questions to Ministers
127 Question to Chair of a committee
128 Questions - Rules for questions
129 Questions - answer relevant
130 Questions - Answer not to debate
131 Question Time
132 Written Questions
Chapter 11 - Notices Of Motions
133 Notices of Motions - notice given verbally
134 Notices of Motions - copy handed to Clerk
135 Notices of Motions - notice by another Member
136 Notices of Motions - order on Business Paper
137 Notices of Motions - argument or unbecoming expressions
138 Notices of Motions - giving more than one notice
139 Notices of Motions - alterations of notice
140 Notices of Motions - precedence of motions
141 Notices of Motions - postponement or withdrawal
Chapter 12 - Motions, Questions, Votes And Resolutions
142 Motions - moving motions
143 Motions - Speaker proposes question
144 Motions - withdrawal of motion
145 Motions - withdrawal of motion Member absent
146 Motions - amendment proposed
147 Motions - may be brought on again
148 Motions - parts to be put as separate questions
149 Motions - previous question
150 Motions - previous question on series of resolutions
151 Motions - question put
152 Motions - question determined by the voices
153 Motions - separation of complicated question
154 Motions - same question not to be put
155 Votes - recission
156 Votes - corrections
Chapter 13 - Amendments
157 Amendments - form of amendments
158 Amendments - question in form "That the amendment be agreed to"
159 Amendments - to be written and signed
160 Amendments - relevant
161 Amendments - not considered
162 Amendments - amendment dealt with in order moved
163 Amendments - withdrawal of amendment
164 Amendments - amendment to amendment
165 Amendments - form of question
166 Amendments - original question amended
Chapter 14 - Orders Of The Day
167 Orders of the Day - setting down business
168 Orders of the Day - precedence
169 Orders of the Day - no notice - order of the day
170 Orders of the Day - postponement or discharge
171 Orders of the Day - precedence for Member in charge
172 Orders of the Day - restoration of lapsed order
Chapter 15 - Divisions
173 Divisions - call for division
174 Divisions - procedure for division
175 Divisions - must vote as called
176 Divisions - pecuniary interest
177 Divisions - determining pecuniary interest
178 Divisions - entitlement to vote
179 Divisions - vote disallowed on motion
180 Divisions - procedure for division
181 Divisions - five Members or fewer, names recorded
182 Divisions - error in tally
183 Divisions - correction of records
184 Divisions - Speaker's casting vote
185 Divisions - successive divisions
186 Divisions - pairs
187 Divisions - restriction on divisions
Chapter 16 - Bills
188 Bills - Introduction of bills
189 Bills - procedure for urgent bills
190 Bills - Governor's message required
191 Bills - private Member may introduce public bill
192 Bills - certain bills deemed public
193 Cognate Bills - procedure for cognate bills
194 Bills - agreement in principle and passing of cognate bills
195 Bills - separate questions
196 Bills - consideration of Council amendments
197 Bills - presentation to the Governor
198 Bills - agreement in principle - amendment - referral to committee
199 Bills - agreement in principle - disposal of bill
200 Bills - agreement in principle - amendment - deferral of question
201 Bills - agreement in principle - report from committee
202 Bills - discharge of order and introduction of second bill
203 Bills - Proceedings after Agreement in Principle
204 Bills - pro forma consideration in detail
205 Bills - consideration in detail - preamble postponed
206 Bills - consideration in detail - words of enactment not put
207 Bills - consideration in detail - how clause read
208 Bills - consideration in detail clauses read and put
209 Bills - consideration in detail - order of consideration
210 Bills - consideration in detail - amendments relevant
211 Bills - consideration in detail - long title amended
212 Bills - consideration in detail - clauses put as amended
213 Bills - consideration in detail - clauses postponed
214 Bills - consideration in detail - relevancy
215 Bills - consideration in detail - reconsideration
216 Bills - consideration in detail - referral to committee
217 Bills - consideration in detail - reconsideration in whole or part
218 Bills - bill passes
219 Bills - corrections
220 Bills - Clerk's certificate
221 Bills - transmission to Council - message to Coucnil
222 Bills - Council amendments to Assembly bills - return of bill with proposed amendments
223 Bills - Council amendments to Assembly bills - consideration of Council amendments
224 Bills - Coucnil amendments to Assembly bills - forms of question on Council amendments
225 Bills - Council amendments to Assembly bills - amendments to Council amendments
226 Bills - Council amendments to Assembly bills - Council response to amendments made on its amendments
227 Bills - Council amendments to Assembly bills - messages on Council amendments
228 Bills - Council bills - privileges not insisted upon
229 Bills - Council bills - Procedure in the Assembly
230 Bills - Council bills - return of Council bill
231 Bills - Council bills - amendment of Council bill
232 Bills - Council bills - schedule of amendments
233 Bills - Council bills - consideration of disagreements in Council bills
234 Bills - Council bills - agreement of amendments
235 Bills - Council bills - message to contain written reasons for disagreeing to proposed Council amendments of Assembly amendments
236 Bills - Council bills - further amendments
237 Bills - Lapsed due to prorogation
238 Bills - proceedings after consideration in detail
239 Bills - presentation for assent - procedure after bills passed
Chapter 17 - Consideration In Detail
240 Consideration in detail - motion
241 Consideration in detail - greater or lesser sum, long or shorter title
242 Consideration in detail - Member may speak more than once
Chapter 18 - Financial Procedures
243 Financial Procedures - message from Governor
244 Financial Procedures - message accompanying estimates
245 Financial Procedures - consideration of Appropriation Bill in detail
246 Financial Procedures - Estimates Committees
Chapter 19 - Messages From The Governor
247 Messages from the Governor - Speaker to report
248 Messages from the Governor - action on report
Chapter 20 - Disorder
249 Disorder - Member repeatedly called to order
250 Disorder - Member named for disorderly conduct
251 Disorder - Member named - procedure after naming
252 Disorder - Member named - duration of suspension
253 Disorder - Member named - consequences of suspension
254 Disorder - Expulsion
255 Disorder - expulsion - criminal trial pending
Chapter 21 - Visitors
256 Visitors - admission behind Chair
257 Visitors - admission to galleries
258 Visitors - notice of visitors taken
259 Visitors - Chair may order withdrawal
260 Visitors - removal of visitors
261 Visitors - only admitted to public areas
262 Visitors - not admitted to in camera proceedings
263 Visitors - media
Chapter 22 - Papers And Documents
264 Papers and Documents - Tabled papers
265 Papers and Documents - Speaker tables papers
266 Papers and Documents - printing of papers
267 Papers and Documents - restricted inspection
268 Papers and Documents - address for papers
269 Papers and Documents - papers ordered
270 Papers and Documents - distribution
271 Papers and Documents - incorporation of material in Hansard
Chapter 23 - Committees
272 Committees - general provisions
273 Committees - number of Members
274 Committees - appointment or discharge of Members
275 Committees - Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Assistant Speaker exempt
276 Committees - personal interest
277 Committees - notice of appointment
278 Committees - ballot
279 Committees - first meeting
280 Committees - quorum
281 Committees - quorum not present at first meeting
282 Committees - election of Chair and Deputy Chair
283 Committees - casting and deliberate vote
284 Committees - absence of Chair
285 Committees - minutes
286 Committees - quorum not present during meeting
287 Committees - times of sitting
288 Committees - persons, papers, records and exhibits
289 Committees - witnesses
290 Committees - counsel
291 Committees - examination of witnesses
292 Committees - recording of evidence
293 Committees - correction of evidence
294 Committees - admission to hearings
295 Committees - deliberative meetings closed
296 Committees - in camera evidence
297 Committees - no disclosure unless authorised
298 Committees - serious allegations to be reported immediately
299 Committees - report
300 Committees - draft report
301 Committees - consideration of draft report
302 Committees - report - Chair to sign
303 Committees - report tabled
304 Committees - report - order to print
305 Committees - report - tabling with the Clerk
306 Committees - report - tabling in the House and debate
307 Committees - report - action on report
308 Committees - witnesses - payment of witnesses
309 Committees - committee lists
310 Committees - similar committees
311 Committees - conference with Council committee
312 Committees - conference desired by message
313 Committees - communicate by word of mouth
314 Committees - committee of House to report proceedings at a conference
315 Committees - standing committees - appointment
316 Committees - standing committees - rules
317 Committees - standing committees
318 Committees - Speaker ex-officio Member
319 Committees - joint committees - names stated
320 Committees - joint committees - first meeting
321 Committees - joint committees - quorum
322 Committees - joint committees - report
323 Committees - legislation committees
Chapter 24 - Witnesses
324 Witnesses - summons
325 Witnesses - attendance of Member directed
326 Witnesses - attendance requested
327 Witnesses - request for Council attendance
328 Witnesses - Coucnil request for Assembly attendance
329 Witnesses - introduced by Serjeant-at-Arms
330 Witnesses - Member examined in place
331 Witnesses - Speaker puts questions
332 Witnesses - Members may question
333 Witnesses - objection to question
334 Witnesses - officers not to give evidence without leave
Chapter 25 - Messages Between The House and the Legislative Council
335 Messages between the House and the Legislative Council - communication by message
336 Messages between the House and the Legislative Council - message conveying resolution
337 Messages between the House and the Legislative Council - Speaker to sign
338 Messages between the House and the Legislative Council - receipt of messages
339 Messages between the House and the Legislative Council - report of messages
340 Messages between the House and the Legislative Council - consideration of messages
Chapter 26 - Conferences Between The House And The Legislative Council
341 Conferences between the House and the Legislative Council - communication by conference
342 Conferences between the House and the Legislative Council - rules of ordinary conference
343 Conferences between the House and the Legislative Council - rules of free conference
344 Conferences between the House and the Legislative Council - motion
345 Conferences between the House and the Legislative Council - message
346 Conferences between the House and the Legislative Council - restriction on request for conference
347 Conferences between the House and the Legislative Council - ballot
348 Conferences between the House and the Legislative Council - House agreeing to conference not to appoint meeting
349 Conferences between the House and the Legislative Council - business suspended during conference
350 Conferences between the House and the Legislative Council - report
Chapter 27 - Balloting
351 Balloting - bells rung prior to ballot
352 Balloting - procedure
353 Balloting - closure of ballot
Chapter 28 - Addresses To The Sovereign And To The Governor
354 Address to Governor
355 Address to Governor - presentation of address
356 Address to Sovereign
357 Address to Governor - report of answer
Chapter 29 - Private Bills
358 Private bills - procedure
359 Private bills - general provisions apply
360 Private bills - special rules
361 Private bills - from Council
362 Private Bills - not numbered
363 Private bills - lapsed bill
Chapter 30 - Standing And Sessional Orders
364 Sessional Orders - adoption
365 Standing Orders - suspension of
Chapter 31 - Parliamentary Secretaries
366 Parliamentary Secretaries
Chapter 32 - Proceedings Of The Legislative Assembly
367 Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly - publication of Hansard
368 Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly - filming and broadcast of proceedings