Chapter 8 - Conduct
of proceedings
Special
precedence for certain business
Certain business is given special precedence over all other business.
A notice of motion
for the reference of a matter of privilege to the Privileges Committee is
listed on the Notice Paper as a matter of privilege and takes precedence over
all other business on the day for which the notice is given, provided that the
matter has been raised in writing with the President and the President has
given it precedence in accordance with standing order 81 (see Chapter 2,
Parliamentary Privilege, under Raising of privilege matters).
Certain business is
categorised as business of the Senate, a category separate from government
business, that is, business introduced by ministers, and general business, that
is, business which is introduced by senators who are not ministers. Business of
the Senate takes precedence over government and general business on the day for
which it is listed (SO 58). The following
matters are classified as business of the Senate:
-
a motion
for leave of absence for a senator;
-
a motion
concerning the qualification of a senator;
-
a motion
to disallow, disapprove, or declare void and of no effect any instrument made
under the authority of any Act of Parliament which provides for the instrument
to be subject to disallowance or disapproval by either House of the Parliament,
or subject to a resolution of either House of the Parliament declaring the
instrument to be void and of no effect (see Chapter 15, Delegated
Legislation);
-
an order
of the day for the presentation of a report from a committee;
-
a motion
to refer a matter to a standing committee.
By special order of the Senate, other items of business may be
classified as business of the Senate, and placed on the Notice Paper and given
precedence accordingly. In recent years it has been the practice to make the
consideration of reports from the Procedure Committee business of the Senate.
A business of the Senate item which is adjourned continues to take
precedence over government and general business on the day to which it is
adjourned.
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