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(1)Assembly proceedings are to be regulated by standing orders (referred to in this Act as “the standing orders”).
(2)The standing orders must include provision for preserving order in Assembly proceedings, including provision for—
(a)preventing conduct which would constitute a criminal offence or contempt of court, and
(b)a sub judice rule.
(3)The standing orders may include provision for excluding an Assembly member from Assembly proceedings.
(4)The standing orders may include provision for withdrawing from an Assembly member any or all of the rights and privileges of membership of the Assembly.
(5)The standing orders—
(a)must include provision requiring the proceedings of the Assembly to be held in public, and for proceedings of a committee of the Assembly or a sub-committee of such a committee to be held in public except in circumstances provided for in the standing orders, and
(b)may include provision as to the conditions to be complied with by members of the public attending the proceedings (including provision for excluding any member of the public who does not comply with the conditions).
(6)The standing orders must include provision—
(a)for reporting the proceedings of the Assembly, and for reporting proceedings of committees of the Assembly and sub-committees of such committees which are held in public, and
(b)for publishing the reports of proceedings as soon as reasonably practicable after the proceedings take place.
(7)The Assembly may by resolution remake or revise the standing orders; but if the motion for a resolution to remake or revise the standing orders is passed on a vote, it has no effect unless at least two-thirds of the Assembly members voting support it.
(8)The Clerk must from time to time publish the standing orders.
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