50 First standing orders.U.K.
(1)The Secretary of State shall appoint Commissioners to prepare a draft of standing orders to have effect when the Assembly first meets.
(2)When the Commissioners have prepared draft standing orders, they shall submit them to the Secretary of State.
(3)The Secretary of State shall consider the draft standing orders submitted to him and make standing orders either in the form of the draft or in that form but with such modifications as he considers appropriate.
(4)The Secretary of State shall publish the standing orders as soon as is reasonably practicable after he has made them.
(5)The standing orders made by the Secretary of State shall have effect (subject to any revisions made by the Assembly) unless and until they are remade by the Assembly.