No.48/2016
House of Assembly
Province of Newfoundland & Labrador
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1st Session 48th
General Assembly
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Tuesday, November 29th,
2016
ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
(a)
Statements
by Members
(b) Statements
by Ministers
(c) Oral
Questions
(d) Presenting
Reports by Standing and Select Committees
(e) Tabling of
Documents
(f) Notices of
Motion
(g) Answers to
questions for which notice has been given
(h) Petitions
ORDERS OF THE DAY
1. Address in Reply
Third Reading Bills
2. Third Reading of a Bill − An Act To Amend The Independent
Appointments Commission Act. (Bill No. 45)
(Finance and President of
Treasury Board)
3. Third Reading of a Bill −
An Act Respecting
Procurement By Public Bodies. (Bill No.
46) (Service
NL)
4. Third Reading of a Bill − An Act Respecting The Relocation
Of Certain Communities In The Province. (Bill No. 47) (Municipal
Affairs)
5. Third Reading of a Bill − An Act To Amend The Hydro
Corporation Act, 2007. (Bill No. 48) (Natural Resources)
6. Third Reading of a Bill − An Act To Amend The Income Tax
Act, 2000 No. 6. (Bill No. 49) (Finance and President of Treasury Board)
Second Reading Bills
7. Second Reading of a Bill − An Act To Amend The Vital
Statistics Act, 2009 No. 2. (Bill No. 50) (Service NL)
8. Second Reading of a Bill − An Act To Amend The Emergency 911
Act, The Emergency Services Act And The Fire Protection Act. (Bill No. 51) (Municipal
Affairs)
MOTIONS
1. − THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND
PRESIDENT OF TREASURY BOARD − To Move that the House Resolve itself into a
Committee of the Whole to Consider a
Resolution Relating to the Advancing or Guaranteeing of Certain Loans made
under the Loan and Guarantee Act, 1957. (Bill No. 41)
2.
THE HONOURABLE THE MINISTER OF SERVICE NL − To ask leave to introduce a Bill entitled,
An Act To Amend The Consumer Protection And Business Practices Act. (Bill No. 52)
3.
THE HONOURABLE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEADER − To Move:
THAT
the following Standing Orders of the House of Assembly are amended to come
into force on the date of their approval:
1. Standing Orders
12 to 14 are deleted and the following substituted:
Quorum
12.(1)The
presence of at least 10 Members, including the Speaker, constitutes a quorum
for a meeting of the House for the exercise of its powers.
(2)
Any Member may direct the Speaker's attention to the fact that there is not a
quorum present.
(3) If at any time a question of a quorum arises,
the Speaker, upon determining that there is no quorum, shall sound the division
bells for 5 minutes and if following this a count of the Members shows that
there is no quorum, the Speaker shall adjourn the House until the next sitting
day.
(4)
While the Members in the House are being counted the doors remain open and
Members can come into the House during the whole time occupied by the counting.
(5)
While in Committee of the Whole, if a question of a quorum arises, the Chair
shall count the members present and if 10 Members, including the Chair, are not
counted, the Chair shall rise the Committee and report
the lack of a quorum to the Speaker who shall then follow SOs 12(3) and (4).
(6) Whenever the Speaker adjourns the
House for the lack of a quorum, the time of the adjournment, and the names of
the Members who were present shall be inserted in that day's Journal.
2.
Standing Order 15 is deleted and the following is substituted:
Lieutenant-Governor arrives
15.
When the Sergeant-at-Arms announces that the Honourable
Lieutenant-Governor is at the door or announces a messenger from the
Lieutenant- Governor, the Speaker shall take the Chair whether or not there is
a quorum present.
3. Standing Orders
22 and 23 are deleted and the following are substituted:
Withdrawal of Strangers
22. If a Member takes notice that one or more strangers
are present on the floor of the Assembly Chamber, the Speaker, or the
Chairperson (as the case may be), shall, if he or she considers it proper and
without permitting any debate or amendment, order that strangers withdraw.
Conduct of
Strangers and visitors
23.
Any stranger or visitor admitted into any part of the House or galleries, who
misconducts himself or herself, or who does not withdraw when directed to do so
while the House or any Committee of the Whole House is sitting, shall be taken
into custody by the Sergeant-at-Arms and no person so taken into custody shall
be discharged without a special order of the House.
4. Note 1, headed Parliamentary
Calendar of the Appendix to the Standing Orders of the House of Assembly
is deleted.
AND
FURTHER THAT the following changes to the Standing Orders be implemented for
the sittings of this House of Assembly for the 2017 calendar year and that the
replaced provisions of the Standing Orders be held in suspension for that same
period as follows:
5. (1) Standing Orders
8 to 11 are deleted and the following are substituted:
Annual Calendar
8.(1) Unless otherwise ordered, the House of Assembly
shall meet each year
(a) for the Winter-Spring
sitting, commencing not later than the first Monday in March and concluding not
later than the first Thursday in June; and
(b) for the Fall sitting,
commencing not later than the first Monday in November and concluding not later
than the first Thursday in December.
(2)
The House shall not meet on the days which are paid Government Holidays.
(3)
During the sittings held under Standing Order 8(1), there shall be
(a) one
constituency week for every three sitting weeks unless varied by the calendar
provided by the Clerk under Standing Order 8(5); and
(b) a break commencing
after the end of the sitting day on Maundy Thursday until the third Monday
following that date.
(4) In a calendar year in which there is a general
election, the Government may indicate to the Speaker that the commencement of a
sitting will be postponed or varied or that there will not be a sitting and the
Speaker shall inform Members.
(5) On or before January 31 of each calendar year,
the Clerk, following consultations with the Government House Leader shall
distribute to all Members a calendar indicating the intended sitting days for
the next calendar year.
(6) On or before January 31immediately after the
commencement of this Standing Order, the Clerk shall also prepare and
distribute in accordance with Standing Order 8(5) a calendar for the sitting
days of the current calendar year.
(7) If the Government advises the Speaker that the
public interest requires the House to meet at any time because of emergency or
extraordinary circumstances, a reason for the recall must be provided and the
Speaker shall
(a)
advise Members that the House is to meet at the
specified time; and
(b) advise Members of the
reason for the recall.
(8)
The Winter - Spring or Fall sittings of the House
referred to in Standing Order 8(1) may be shortened or extended by the passing
of a motion with notice made by the Government House Leader which motion shall
be decided without debate or amendment.
Daily Sittings
9(1). The time for the meeting of the House is
(a) 1:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m.
on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays inclusive;
(b) 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Wednesdays.
(2)
At 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday the Speaker shall adjourn the
House.
(3)
At 5 p.m. on Wednesday the Speaker shall adjourn the House.
(4) When the House adjourns on Thursday, it stands
adjourned, unless otherwise ordered, until the following Monday.
Business to stand over
10.
All business not disposed of at the termination of a sitting day shall stand
over until the next sitting day when it will be taken up at the stage where its
progress was interrupted.
Extended sittings
11. (1) The Government House Leader may move that the House
not adjourn at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday afternoons but notice
of this motion must be given at a previous day's sitting and once put by the
Chair is not debatable.
(2)
Notwithstanding Standing Order 11(1), at midnight on Monday, Tuesday and
Thursday, unless the Closure Rule (SO 47) is in operation, the Speaker shall
adjourn the House.
(2)
Standing
Order 24(3) is deleted and the following is substituted:
24(3) On Wednesday except when otherwise ordered by the
House, after motion, of which due notice shall have been given,
the following shall be the order of business:
(a)
from 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., Motions of which
notices have been given by the Government and Government Orders;
(b) from 2 to 5 p.m.,
following the ordinary daily routine of business
(i) Motions of which
notices have been given by Private Members;
(ii) Motions of which notices have been given by the
Government;
(iii) Member's Orders;
(iv) Government
Orders.
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