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Chapter 16 - Committees
Equally divided
votes
On the legislative
and general purpose standing committees, the Appropriations and Staffing
Committee, the Committee of Senators’ Interests, the legislative scrutiny
committees and the Selection of Bills Committee, the chair, or deputy chair
when acting as chair, in addition to a deliberative vote, has a casting vote
when the votes are equally divided. Most select committee resolutions also
include a provision to this effect. In all other cases, standing order 31 applies, whereby
a chair has a deliberative vote only, and in that situation, where the votes
for and against a motion are tied, the question is resolved in the negative (SO
32(1)).
A chair is not obliged to exercise a casting vote. Where such a vote is
provided, however, this prevents standing order 32(1) applying, and
a tied vote leaves the question in issue unresolved.
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