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Sessional Order Details

Sessional Order (561) - General Business - Re-ordering (adopted 5 May 2015)

This Sessional Order amends Standing Order 106. Click this link to view the Standing Order.
RE-ORDERING GENERAL BUSINESS ORDERS OF THE DAY (FOR BILLS) AND GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICES OF MOTIONS (GENERAL NOTICES)
(adopted 5 May 2015)

That, during the current session, unless otherwise ordered, Standing Order 106 shall read as follows:

106. At the re-ordering of General Business Orders of the Day (for Bills) and General Business Notices of Motions (General Notices) in the Routine of Business:

(1) Any two Private Members may move to re-order an Order of the Day for a bill of which they have carriage, to give precedence to the resumption of the debate over other Orders of the Day listed for the following sitting day.
(2) Any two Private Members may move to re-order a General Business Notice of Motion standing in their name, to give the notice precedence over other notices on the following sitting day.
(3) The carrying of one motion in (1) or (2) above prevents another Member moving a subsequent motion.
(4) On a motion for re-ordering, the Member in charge of the bill or Notice of Motion shall be permitted to make a statement of up to 3 minutes and one other Member may reply for up to 3 minutes.