Section 67
Committal of Bills
of State Legislative Assembly Standing Orders
(1)
When a Bill has been read a second time it shall stand committed to a
Committee of the whole Assembly unless the Assembly on motion commits it to a
Select Committee. Such motion shall not require notice, must be made immediately after the Bill is read a second time and may be proposed by any
Member; the question thereon shall be put forthwith and shall be decided without amendment or debate.
(2)
If the question on a motion made under paragraph (1) of this Standing Order is negatived, the Speaker shall forthwith declare that the Bill stands committed to a
Committee of the whole Assembly.
(3)
On a Bill being committed to a Committee of the whole Assembly, the Member in charge may either name a future sitting day to be appointed for the Committee stage to be taken or may forthwith move “That this Assembly will immediately resolve itself into a Committee on the Bill” and a debate on such a motion may rise.