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Ch12 Senate amendments and requests / PROCEDURE FOLLOWING SENATE CONSIDERATION / Senate amendments which, in the view of the House, should be made as requests

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House Practice

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01-05-2005

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House of Reps

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41

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Senate amendments and requests

Chapter No.

Chapter 12

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436

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House of Representatives                                Ch 12                                                 p 436

 

Senate amendments and requests / PROCEDURE FOLLOWING SENATE CONSIDERATION

 

Senate amendments which, in the view of the House, should be made as requests

From time to time the Senate makes an ‘amendment’ to a bill, when, in the opinion of the Speaker, the Senate proposal should have been sent to the House as a request for an amendment. In such cases, prior to the consideration of the Senate message, it is usual for the Chair to make a statement drawing the House’s attention to the constitutional significance of the purported amendment, and for the House then to agree to a resolution stating its attitude to the matter. Action taken by the House on these occasions has included:

  • declining to consider the purported amendment and informing the Senate that it would consider a request for the amendment;

  • disagreeing to the purported amendment and laying the bill aside;

  • disagreeing to the purported amendment but then itself proceeding to make amendments in the same terms as those disagreed to (in specific circumstances, see ‘Amendments involving appropriation’ below);

  • in order not to delay the legislation, resolving to refrain from the determination of its constitutional rights and considering and agreeing to the amendment;

  • making no objection in view of uncertainties of interpretation.

    • Appendix 18 lists bills where the House has objected to or queried Senate ‘amendments’ and gives a summary of the actions and positions of the two Houses in relation to each bill.

    Senate standing orders make provision for amendments returned by the House in these circumstances to be changed to requests. 1



    Senate S.O. 130.