Jacinta Collins (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for School Education and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend government business notice of motion No.2 before seeking to have that motion taken as a formal motion.

Leave granted.

I move the motion as amended:

That—

(1) To ensure appropriate consideration of time critical bills by Senate committees, the provisions of all bills introduced into the House of Representatives after 16 May 2013 and up to and including 6 June 2013 that contain substantive provisions commencing on or before 1 July 2013 (together with the provisions of any related bill), are referred to committees for inquiry and report by 17 June 2013.

(2) The committee to which each bill is referred shall be determined in accordance with the order of 29 September 2010, as amended on 8 February 2012 and 15 May 2013, allocating departments and agencies to standing committees.

(3) A committee to which a bill has been referred may determine, by unanimous decision, that there are no substantive matters that require examination and report that fact to the Senate.

(4) This order does not apply in relation to bills which contain:

(a) no provisions other than provisions appropriating revenue or moneys (appropriation bills); and

(b) commencement clauses providing only for the legislation to commence on Royal Assent.

Question agreed to.