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Standing Orders
Chapter 29 - Visitors
174 Distinguished visitors
The President may, by leave of the Senate,
admit distinguished visitors to a seat on the floor of the Senate.
175 Conduct of visitors
(1) Visitors may attend, in the
galleries provided, a sitting of the Senate.
(2) A person other than a senator, a
clerk at the table or an officer attending on the Senate may not:
(a) attend a meeting of the
Senate in private session; or
(b) enter
any part of the Senate chamber reserved for senators while the Senate is
sitting.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply in
respect of a senator breastfeeding an infant.
(4) The Usher of the Black Rod shall,
subject to any direction by the Senate or the President, take into custody any
person who enters any part of the chamber reserved for senators while the
Senate is sitting, or causes a disturbance in or near the chamber, and a person
so taken into custody shall be discharged out of custody in accordance with an
order of the Senate.
(amended 13 May 2003)
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