LEGISLATION COMMITTEES
(adopted 5 May 2015)
That, during the current session, unless otherwise ordered, Standing Order 323
shall read as follows:
323.
(1) Immediately after a motion for a bill to be read a second time has been
agreed to, any Member may move without notice “That the (name of the
bill) be referred to a legislation committee for consideration and
report”.
(2) A legislation committee shall consider and report to the House on
amendments to the clauses and schedules of the bill which it considers could be
proposed for consideration in detail, together with a schedule of amendments
which should be proposed.
(3) A committee shall have a maximum of six Members – three shall be
Members representing the Government and three shall be non-Government
Members.
(4) The Chair and Deputy Chair shall be elected by the committee and shall be
Government Members.
(5) A quorum shall be four Members.
(6) The Chair shall exercise a deliberative vote, and in the event of an
equality of votes, a casting vote.
(7) A committee may meet during the sittings or any adjournment of the House
and shall have power to take evidence and call for persons, papers, exhibits
and things and to report from time to time.
(8) In all other respects a committee shall be conducted in accordance with the
general provisions relating to committees.
(9) A committee shall not travel.
(10) The Minister having portfolio responsibility for the bill shall provide
the committee with such drafting and support services as requested by the
committee.
(11) A committee shall table its final report no later than 6 months from the
date of the committee's establishment.
(12) When the Chair tables the final report of a committee the Speaker shall
set down its consideration in detail as an Order of the Day with the bill.
(13) If the House is not sitting at the time of report the Chair shall forward
such report to the Clerk for report at the next sitting of the House. |
