92. Except as provided in standing order 91 and in paragraph (5) of this
standing order, a matter of privilege shall be brought before the House as
follows:
- A Member desiring to raise a matter of privilege must inform the Speaker of
the details in writing.
- 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.
- While a matter is being considered by the Speaker, a Member must not take
any action or refer to the matter in the House.
- 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 (unless the next
sitting day is a Friday sitting).
- 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 notice of motion in
relation to the matter. Such notice shall not have precedence.
- 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 or the next
sitting day is a Friday sitting, with the leave of the House, the motion may be
moved at a later hour of the sitting at which the notice is given.
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