Chapter 8 - Conduct
of proceedings
Resumption of postponed and adjourned
business
Normally business is postponed or
adjourned till the next day of sitting, and therefore remains on the Notice
Paper to be called on in its due order. Sometimes, however, business is
postponed till a later hour, that is, later on the same day. This includes
business interrupted in the course of a day, which is deemed to be adjourned
till a later hour. There is then a question of when it is to be called on.
Where a government business notice of motion or order of the day is
postponed or adjourned till a later hour, it is called on during a time when
government business may be considered, when a minister indicates that it is to
be called on.
Where an item of general business is postponed or adjourned till a
later hour, it is not called on unless and until it is reached in the normal
course of consideration of general business (which in practice does not
happen), or unless the order of business is rearranged to have it called on.
A business of the Senate item which is postponed or adjourned till a
later hour is called on when the senator in charge of the item indicates that
it is to be called on, provided only that it does not interrupt the
consideration of business which, under a standing or other order, is considered
at a fixed time or place in the routine of business, such as questions, a
matter of public importance or urgency, consideration of government documents
under standing order 61 and
consideration of committee reports under standing order 62. Such a business
of the Senate item is called on at the direction of the senator in charge of it
notwithstanding that it intrudes upon the time available for government
business or general business; the rationale of this is that business of the
Senate takes precedence over government and general business under standing
order 58.
A business of the Senate item which is interrupted is called on again when
business other than fixed-time business is resumed, regardless of whether
government or general business would otherwise be considered at that time.
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