Chapter 9 - Motions
and amendments
Anticipation
rule
A motion or amendment may not
anticipate an order of the day or another motion of which notice has been
given, unless the new motion or amendment is a more effective method of
proceeding (SO 85).
This rule is seldom applied, and it is interpreted liberally. As the
Senate now normally has a large number of notices of motion and orders of the
day on its Notice Paper, virtually any motion could be regarded as anticipatory
of some item of business before the Senate, and the rule if applied strictly
would be unduly restrictive of the rights of senators. The proviso relating to
a more effective method of proceeding is also interpreted as having a wide
application. Thus in 1967 the President ruled that an amendment, moved to a
motion to take note of a ministerial statement, requiring that certain
documents be laid before the Senate, was in order notwithstanding that there
was on the Notice Paper a notice of motion for the tabling of the same documents
(ruling of President McMullin, SD, 5/10/1967, pp 1254-8).
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