| Related Orders, Precedents and Rulings |
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| Standing Order 288 of 1994 (Repealed) | 288. If a Member's conduct is such that it is necessary for the Speaker or Chairman of Committees to call the Member to order more than three times in any one sitting for any gross breach of the rules, the Speaker or Chairman may direct the removal of the Member from the Chamber by the Serjeant-at-Arms until the adjournment of that sitting. |
| 2006 Precedent | 1. During questions without notice the Speaker ordered the Deputy Serjeant at Arms to remove a member who had been repeatedly called to order. PD 05/09/2006, p 1394; PD 06/09/2006, p 1549; PD 26/09/2006, p 2241; PD 19/10/2006, p 3084 |
| 2005 Precedent | 1. During questions without notice, the Speaker ordered the Deputy Serjeant at Arms to remove the member for Vaucluse after he had previously been placed on three calls to order. PD 07/06/2005, p 16441
VP 07/06/2005, p 1435 2. During the debate on a matter of public importance the Acting-Speaker ordered the Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms to remove the member for Coffs Harbour. PD 18/10/2005, p 18781 |
| 2004 Precedent | 1. During questions without notice, the Speaker directed the Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms to remove a member (Murrumbidgee) who was on three calls to order after he interjected during a Minister's response to a question. PD 17/02/2004, p 6169
VP 17/02/2004, p 577 2. During questions without notice, the Speaker directed the Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms to remove a member (Epping) who interjected by way of a point of order during the Premier's response to a question noting that the member had treated the House in a grossly disorderly way. PD 26/02/2004, p 6719
VP 26/02/2004, p 626 3. During the giving of a mini-budget speech by the Treasurer, the Speaker noted that he had given a member specific warnings about interjecting and that the member had defied those warnings so ordered the Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms to remove the member (Wakehurst) from the Chamber. Following the removal of the member a point of order was raised that the standing orders require the Serjeant-at-Arms to remove members and that the Serjeant was not present in the Chamber. The Speaker advsied the member to study the standing orders more thoroughly before wasting the time of the House with spurious points of order. PD 06/04/2004, pp 8089 - 8090 4. During questions without notice, the Speaker asked the Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms to remove a member (North Shore) noting that he had given her several warnings and had indicated to her that she was on three calls to order. PD 06/04/2004, p 8113 5. During questions without notice, the Speaker directed the Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms to remove a member (Coffs Harbour) who had interrupted the Premier's answer under the guise of a point of order. When the member refused to leave the Chamber he was subsequently named. PD 12/05/2004, p 8885 6. During questions without notice, the Speaker placed the Leader of the Opposition on three calls to order for interrupting the Premier's response to a question. When the Leader of the Opposition continued to interrupt the Speaker directed the Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms to remove him from |
| 2003 Precedent | 1. The Acting Speaker ordered the Deputy Serjeant at Arms to remove the Member for Myall Lakes from the Chamber for the remainder of Question Time having called him to order three times. Another member rose on a point of order arguing that the Chair had double standards and should also remove the Deputy Premier who was flouting repeated rulings about the use of props in the Chamber. The Acting Speaker ordered that member to resume his seat and not to challenge the ruling of the Chair. PD 02/07/2003, 2643 2. Following repeated warnings about wasting the time of the House by raising points of order that have no substance, the Acting Speaker ordered the Deputy Serjeant at Arms to remove the member for Wakehurst. PD 03/07/2003, 2845 3. A member raised a matter of privilege regarding the removal of a member from the Chamber by the Deputy Serjeant at Arms arguing that standing order 288 requires the ejection to be carried out by the Serjeant at Arms, who was not in the Chamber at the time. The member claimed that he was seeking advice for the House, following changes to the position and responsibilities of the Deputy Serjeant at Arms and on the legality of the Deputy, rather than the Serjeant at Arms escorting members from the House. The Acting Speaker reminded members that the Serjeant-at-Arms is also the Clerk-Assistant (Procedure) who has duties at the Table. The Acting Speaker also informed the House that the Deputy Serjeant at Arms acts under the delegation of the Serjeant at Arms and that accordingly he had requested the Deputy to escort the member from the House. PD 03/07/2003, 2848 4. During questions without notice the Speaker made a number of comments about the performance of the Leader of the Opposition in the House in relation to making interjections. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition raised a point of order arguing that the Speaker is responsible for upholding the standing orders of the House and should not denigrate the Leader of the Opposition. The Speaker placed the Deputy Leader of the Opposition on |
| 2002 Precedent | 1. By direction of the Speaker, a Member was removed from the Chamber by the Serjeant-at-Arms. VP 19/9/02, 454
VP 24/9/02, 462
VP 24/9/02, 462
VP 14/11/02, 599
VP 14/11/02, 600
VP 19/11/02, 620
VP 20/11/02, 637 |
| 2001 Precedent | 1. By direction of the Speaker, a Member was removed from the Chamber by the Serjeant-at-Arms. VP 28/2/01, 1062
VP 11/4/01, 1189
VP 29/5/01, 1215
VP 20/6/01, 1293
VP 26/6/01, 1339
VP 18/10/01, 1531
VP 24/10/01, 1554
VP 7/11/01, 1593
VP 8/11/01, 1603
PD 14/11/01, 18615
VP 27/11/01, 1655
VP 28/11/01, 1670
VP 28/11/01, 1670
VP 5/12/01, 1723 2. The Speaker ordered Members to remain silent and seated while the Chair was speaking and asked the Serjeant-at-Arms to request a Member to see him in his suite. VP 29/5/01, 1215 3. Following the removal of an Opposition Member from the Chamber by the Serjeant-at-Arms, another Member of the Opposition took a point of order that he was not aware that the Member had been called to order once, let alone three times. The Speaker advised he had placed every Member on three calls to order. PD 28/11/01, 19063. |
| 2000 Precedent | 1. By direction of the Speaker, a Member was removed from the Chamber by the Serjeant-at-Arms. VP 05/04/00, 357
VP 06/04/00, 373
VP 12/04/00, 391
VP 12/04/00, 407
VP 12/04/00, 407
VP 29/06/00, 669
VP 09/08/2000, 701
VP 12/10/2000, 799
VP 23/11/2000, 934
VP 30/11/2000, 985 |
| 1999 Precedent | 1. By direction of the Speaker, a Member was removed from the Chamber by the Serjeant-at-Arms. VP 23/06/99, 161
VP 22/09/99, 107
VP 23/09/99, 118
VP 20/10/99, 142
VP 26/10/99, 160
VP 10/11/99, 218
VP 18/11/99, 265
VP 18/11/99, 274 (two members) |
| 1998 Precedent | 1. By direction of the Speaker, a Member was removed from the Chamber by the Serjeant-at-Arms. VP 31/03/98, 437
VP 02/04/98, 465
VP 28/04/98, 498
VP 29/04/98, 513
VP 07/05/98, 576
VP 19/05/98, 585
VP 21/05/98, 610
VP 28/05/98, 661 (two members)
VP 16/06/98, 724
VP 23/06/98, 757
VP 08/09/98, 825
VP 23/09/98, 882
VP 13/10/98, 917
VP 14/10/98 933 |
| 1997 Precedent | 1. By direction of the Speaker, a Member was removed from the Chamber by the Serjeant-at-Arms. VP 09/04/97, 754 (two members)
VP 10/04/97, 766
VP 15/04/97, 772
VP 22/04/97, 806
VP 06/05/97, 288
VP 06/05/97, 831
VP 07/05/97, 842
VP 13/05/97, 865
VP 14/05/97, 879
VP 21/05/97, 917 (two members)
VP 28/05/97, 962
VP 19/06/97, 1042 (three members)
VP 17/09/97, 45
VP 23/9/97
VP 15/10/97, 132
VP 23/10/97, 200
VP 12/11/97, 231
VP 20/11/97, 293
VP 26/11/97, 320 |
| 1996 Precedent | 1. By direction of the Speaker, a Member was removed from the Chamber by the Serjeant-at-Arms. VP 30/5/96, 212 (three members)
VP 17/9/96, 381 2. Leave refused for member to move a motion to suspend standing orders to allow a suspended member to return to the House. PD 30/5/96, 1848 |
| 1995 Precedent | 1. By direction of the Speaker, a Member was removed from the Chamber by the Serjeant-at-Arms
VP 23/5/95, 38
PD 12/10/95, 1716
VP 26/10/95, 356
VP 6/12/95, 483 |
| 1993 Precedent | 1. By direction of the Speaker, a member was removed from the Chamber by the Serjeant-at-Arms. Several points of order , both and against the suspension, were raised. The Speaker ruled that he had no desire to remove from the services of the House the person who was leader of Opposition business in the House. Nevetheless, the person who holds that office was not immune from action being taken against him for failing to uphold the dignity and discipline of the House. He proposed to adhere to his original direction. He was willing, as was the custom and practice, to receive before the end of questions an apology conveyed by another member of the member's party and he would then consider re-admitting the member. An apology on behalf of the member was subsequently conveyed to the Speaker in the Chair and the member was re-admitted. PD 19/11/93, 5859, 5863
VP 19/11/93, 594, 595-6 |
| 1992 Precedent | 1. By direction of the Speaker, a member was removed from the Chamber by the Serjeant-at-Arms. VP 20/3/92, 153 |
| 1991 Precedent | 1. By direction of the Speaker, a member was removed from the Chamber by the Serjeant-at-Arms. VP 23/10/91, 277 |
| 1990 Precedent | 1. The Speaker ordered the removal of the Leader of the Opposition from the House after he failed to withdraw and apologise for referring to the Deputy Premier as a 'crook' as directed. PD 15/11/1990, pp 9794 - 9795 |