Rules of the Legislative Assembly

GENERAL RULES

1 (1) Rules

The proceedings in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly and in                  all Committees of the Assembly shall be conducted according to these Rules.

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(2) Customs and Procedures

In all cases not provided for in these Rules or by other orders of the Assembly, the customs and                            procedures of this Assembly, the principles and process conventions of consensus government, the                  House of Commons of Canada, provincial and territorial legislatures, and parliaments in the                                Commonwealth shall be followed, in that order, so far as they apply to this Assembly.

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(3)      

The Speaker may alter the application of any rule or practice of the Assembly in order to permit the full              participation in the proceedings of the Assembly of any Member with a disability.

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DEFINITIONS

2 In these Rules:

(a) “Assembly” means the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories;

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(b) “Clerk” means the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories;

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(c) “House” means the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories;

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(d) “Minister” means a Member of the Executive Council of the Government of the Northwest Territories     

appointed by the Commissioner, on the advice of the Premier, to a ministerial portfolio;

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(e) “Rules” means the Rules of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories;

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(f) “Session” is one of the fundamental time periods into which an Assembly is divided and usually                        consists of a number of separate sittings. The Commissioner opens a session and a session ends                          with prorogation or dissolution of the Assembly; and

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(g) “Sitting” is a meeting of the Assembly within a session.