Motion or amendment: Repeal of Standing Order 70 and Consequential Amendments (Revised Wording)

Motion or amendment by Ms Kellie Armstrong on .

MLA
Ms Kellie Armstrong
Party at the time
Alliance Party
Date
8 October 2025
Type
Motion or amendment
Business
Motion · Committee Motion
Heading
Repeal of Standing Order 70 and Consequential Amendments (Revised Wording)
Assembly identifier
Document 453799

Text

Repeal of Standing Order 70 and Consequential Amendments (Revised Wording)

The Standing Orders are amended as follows— (1) That Standing Order 70 be repealed; (2) In Standing Order 22, for paragraph 2, substitute— “Every petition presented under this order, not containing matter which would create a substantial risk that the course of justice in legal proceedings (which are active within the meaning of section 2 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981), would be seriously impeded or prejudiced, shall be notified to the Clerk of the Business Committee, and that committee shall consider whether and when it shall be taken in the Assembly.”; (3) In Standing Order 57— (a) in the heading, omit “and Privileges”; (b) in paragraph 1, omit “and Privileges”; (c) for sub-paragraph 1(a) substitute— “(a) to consider any complaint of unauthorised disclosure of information by a member referred to it by the Assembly or a committee;”; (4) In Standing Order 69A— (a) in paragraph (3) omit “and Privileges”; (b) in paragraph (4) omit “and Privileges”; (c) for sub-paragraph 5(a), substitute— “(a) made by the Committee on Standards, that relates to the conduct of members;”; (5) In Standing Order 69B, in paragraph 1, omit “and Privileges”; and (6) In Standing Order 69C, in paragraph 2, omit “and Privileges”.

210 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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