Standing orders

152 - Methods of communication

Communications with the House of Representatives may be by message, by conference, or by committees conferring with each other.

153 - Messages from the Senate

A message from the Senate to the House of Representatives shall be in writing, signed by the President or Deputy President, and delivered by a clerk at the table or the Usher of the Black Rod.

154 - Communicating a resolution

A motion may be moved at any time, without notice, that any resolution of the Senate be communicated by message to the House of Representatives.

155 - Messages from the House of Representatives

A message from the House of Representatives shall be received, if the Senate is sitting, by a clerk at the table, and, if the Senate is not sitting, by the Clerk of the Senate, and shall be reported by the President as early as convenient, and a future time fixed for its consideration, or it may, by leave, be dealt with at once.

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