Chapter 7 - Meetings
of the Senate
Times
of meeting
The days and times
of meeting of the Senate are specified in standing order 55. It provides for
meetings on Monday to Thursday of each week. The times of meeting are 12.30 pm on Mondays and
Tuesdays and 9.30 am on other days.
There are normally three periods of
sittings during a year, from February to March, May to June and August to
December, with adjournments in between.
This pattern of sittings specified by the standing order is normally
subject to some alteration in each period of sittings by a special order. At
the beginning of each period a resolution specifies the days of sitting;
usually the starting times are as provided by the standing order. It is now not
normal for the Senate to sit on Fridays, which are reserved for committee
meetings.
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