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Formal motions—SO 44

That, notwithstanding anything contained in the standing orders, for the remainder of the current session standing order 44 be varied as follows:

1. Before the House proceeds to the business on the Notice Paper, the President will ask with respect to each notice of motion, at the request of the member who gave the notice, whether there is any objection to its being taken as a formal motion. If no objection is taken, the motion shall be taken as a formal motion.

2. Formal motions will be taken in the order in which they appear on the Notice Paper.

3. The request from a member that a notice of motion standing in the name of that member on the Notice Paper be taken as formal business must be signed by that member and handed to one of the Clerks-at-the-Table by 3.00 pm on the sitting day before the sitting day on which the member wishes the matter to be considered as formal business.

4. The question of a formal motion must be put and determined without amendment or debate.

5. An order of the day for the third reading of bills may be dealt with as a formal motion.


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