Standing Orders

• Chapter 1 - Procedures of the Assembly
• Chapter 2 - Business of the Assembly
• Chapter 3 - Rules of Debate
• Chapter 4 - Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne
• Chapter 5 - Notice
• Chapter 6 - Motions - Amendments - The Previous Question
• Chapter 7 - Written Questions - Documents Tabled
• Chapter 8 - Committee of the Whole
• Chapter 9 - Committees - Witnesses - Committee Reports
• Chapter 10 - Proceedings on Bills
• Chapter 11 - Petitions
• Chapter 12 - Offer of Money to Members - Bribery in Elections
• Chapter 13 - Officers of the Assembly - Hansard
• Chapter 14 - Sittings of the Assembly
• Appendix 1
• Appendix 2
• Appendix 3
• Addendum

Standing Orders

The Standing Orders are also available as a PDF version [279KB ]

---

 

The Standing Orders are the rules by which the Legislative Assembly operates.

 

---

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This version of the Standing Orders incorporates the following change made since the last Standing Orders came into effect on May 11, 2006:

Pursuant to Government Motion #46, adopted by the Assembly on December 13, 2011, Standing Order 76 has been amended by adding Standing Order 76(7), which says, "The provisions of this Standing Order shall apply to an interim supply appropriation bill on the final sitting day prior to the end of the fiscal year in which the bill in introduced."

Corrections have also been made to Standing Order 45 (3.2)(a).  Previous references in this Standing Order to the "Yukon Recreation Advisory Council" and the "Arts Advisory Council" have been corrected to read "Yukon Recreation Advisory Committee" and "Yukon Arts Advisory Council".

GENERAL RULE

Procedure in Unprovided for Cases

1     In all cases not provided for in these Standing Orders or by Sessional or other orders, the practices and procedures of the House of Commons of Canada, as in force at the time, shall be followed, so far as they may apply to this Assembly.