Parliamentary Procedure

Standing Orders Suspension

The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Planning and Local Government) (11:22): I move:

That for the remainder of the session standing orders be and remain so far suspended to provide that—

Leave of absence

1. Leave of absence from the service of the house may be granted to any member on notice* of motion stating the reason and period of absence. Except that a member who is pregnant shall be entitled, without a vote of the Assembly, to 20 weeks maternity leave of absence, and that leave shall commence at a time notified by the member to the Speaker. A member is excused from service in the house or on any committee for the period of the leave of absence. A member who has leave of absence forfeits that leave (except for a period of maternity leave) by attending the service of the house before the expiration of the leave.

*See Constitution Act 1934, section 31(1)(a).

No stranger admitted to the body of the house

2. No member may bring any stranger into any part of the house appropriated to the members of the house while the house or committee of the whole house is sitting.

(1) A stranger does not include an infant cared for (which includes feeding and breastfeeding) by a member.

Motion carried.