Motion or amendment: New Standing Order
Motion or amendment by Ms Kellie Armstrong on .
- MLA
- Ms Kellie Armstrong
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 10 June 2026
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion · Committee Motion
- Heading
- New Standing Order
- Assembly identifier
- Document 489488
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Text
New Standing Order
After Standing Order 43 insert: 43A. Scrutiny of Delegated Powers in Bills
(1) In carrying out its functions under Standing Order 33(2), the appropriate committee may, among other things, consider and report on the following— (a) whether the provisions of the Bill inappropriately delegate legislative power, and (b) whether the exercise of legislative power provided for in the Bill is subject to an inappropriate degree of scrutiny by the Assembly.
(2) The appropriate committee may delegate to the Examiner of Statutory Rules the functions set out in this Standing Order.
(3) In this Standing Order, the “appropriate committee” is the committee to which the Bill is referred under Standing Order 33.
114 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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