Chapter 6 - Senators
Other
office-holders
The standing orders and procedures of
the Senate also recognise senators who are ministers and parliamentary
secretaries. Ministers are given certain powers, such as the power to move for
the adjournment of the Senate at any time without notice and to move a motion
at any time without notice relating to the conduct of the business of the
Senate (SO 53(2), 56; see Chapter 19,
Relations with the Executive Government). An order of 6 May 1993, as amended,
allows parliamentary secretaries to exercise the powers of ministers except
answering questions at question time and appearing for Senate ministers before
committees considering estimates in relation to those ministers’
responsibilities.
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