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in Standing Order No. 6 by adding after paragraph (6)

(4)

(7) If there is urgent business for the consideration of the Council at the first sitting of a session the Council shall proceed with that business, and the provisions of this order relating to the Governor's address shall apply to the next sitting at which there is no urgent business for the consideration of the Council.*;

Notwithstanding

in Standing Order No. 7A by deleting "Notwithstanding that a session may have ended and the next following

session has not yet begun,

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and substituting

(5)

During any period when the Council is in recess

During

between the end of one session and the beginning

session.

of the next session".

by adding after Standing Order No. 7A -

*Sittings for

urgent

business. after a dissolution

7B. These Standing Orders shall

apply to a sitting of the Council held

for the consideration of urgent

business following a dissolution of the

Council as they apply to a sitting held during a session.";

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