MATTERS OF PRIVILEGE NOT SUDDENLY ARISING
(adopted 5 May 2015)
That, during the current session, unless otherwise ordered, Standing Order 92
shall read as follows:
92. Except as provided in Standing Order 91 and in paragraph (5) of this
Standing Order, a matter of privilege or contempt shall be brought before the
House as follows:
(1) A Member desiring to raise a matter of privilege or contempt must inform
the Speaker of the details in writing.
(2) The Speaker must consider the matter within 14 days and decide whether a
motion to refer the matter to the Standing Committee on Parliamentary Privilege
and Ethics (the Committee) is to take precedence under the Standing Orders. The
Speaker must notify this decision in writing to the Member.
(3) While a matter is being considered by the Speaker, a Member must not take
any action or refer to the matter in the House.
(4) If the Speaker decides that a motion for referral should take precedence,
the Member may, at any time when there is no business before the House, give
notice of a motion to refer the matter to the Committee. The notice must take
precedence under Standing Order 118 on the next sitting day.
(5) If the Speaker decides that the matter should not be the subject of a
notice of referral, a Member is not prevented from giving a of motion in
relation to the matter. Such notice shall not have precedence.
(6) If notice of a motion is given under paragraph (4), but the House is not
expected to meet on the day following the giving of the notice, with the leave
of the House, the motion may be moved at a later hour of the sitting at which
the notice is given. |
