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Parliamentary Privilege
4 Criteria
to be taken into account by the President in determining whether a motion
arising from a matter of privilege should be given precedence of other business
Notwithstanding anything contained in the
standing orders, in determining whether a motion arising from a matter of
privilege should have precedence of other business, the President shall have
regard only to the following criteria:
(a) the principle that the Senate’s
power to adjudge and deal with contempts should be used only where it is necessary
to provide reasonable protection for the Senate and its committees and for
senators against improper acts tending substantially to obstruct them in the
performance of their functions, and should not be used in respect of matters
which appear to be of a trivial nature or unworthy of the attention of the
Senate; and
(b) the existence of any remedy other
than that power for any act which may be held to be a contempt.
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