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Standing Order Details

S.O.249 Disorder - Member repeatedly called to order

CHAPTER 20 - DISORDER
Member Called to Order

249. (1) If a Member's conduct is such that it is necessary for the Speaker to call the Member to order more than three times in any one sitting for any gross breach of the rules, the Speaker may direct the removal of the Member by the Serjeant-at-Arms until the adjournment of that sitting.
(2) A Member who is removed from the House shall be excluded from the Parliamentary precincts for the remainder of the sitting and cannot take part in any proceeding of the House or its committees.

amended 3 July 2009