Rules of the Legislative Assembly

FINANCIAL PROCEDURES

81 (1) Money message

The Assembly may not adopt or pass any vote, motion or bill for the appropriation of public revenue except for a purpose recommended to the Assembly by the Commissioner in the Session in which the vote, motion or bill is proposed.

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(2) Taxation measures

Rule 81(1) relates only to appropriations and does not refer to the imposition of taxes. The only condition imposed on a taxation measure is that it be introduced by a Minister.

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(3) Estimates documents

An estimates document, when tabled in the Assembly, is deemed to be referred to Committee of the Whole.

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(4) Appropriation bills

The adoption of any motion to concur in estimates documents shall be an order of the Assembly to introduce an appropriation bill or bills based thereon.

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(5) Reading of appropriation bills

Notwithstanding Rule 70, when an appropriation bill is introduced to appropriate sums of money contained in the estimates document as approved by the Committee of the Whole, the bill may receive second and third reading on the same day on which it received first reading.

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(6) Third reading

Notwithstanding Rule 74(2), when an appropriation bill is read for the second time it shall be deemed ready for third reading.

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