65GJoint Sitting

65G Joint Sitting (1) A joint sitting of the Assembly and the Council convened in accordance with section 65F must consider a Disputed Bill to which that section applies in the form in which it was last passed by the Assembly and transmitted to the Council. (2) Subject to subsection (3), the joint sitting of the Assembly and the Council is to be conducted in accordance with the rules adopted by the members present at the joint sitting. (3) At the joint sitting of the Assembly and the Council— (a) the members have the same privileges and immunities as the members of the Assembly in relation to proceedings before that House; (b) subject to subsection (4), a question is to be decided by a majority of the votes cast by the members present at the joint sitting; (c) in the event of an equality of votes on a question, the question is to be taken to have been determined in the negative. (4) If an absolute majority of the total number of the members of the Assembly and the Council passes the third reading of the Disputed Bill with or without any amendments at the joint sitting of the Assembly and the Council, the Bill so passed is to be taken to have been duly passed by both Houses of the Parliament, whether or not it is a Bill to which section 18(2) or 18(2AA) applies. (5) Subject to subsections (6) and (7), a Bill passed in accordance with this section must be presented to the Governor for Her Majesty's Assent and becomes an Act of Parliament on the Royal Assent being signified. (6) If a Bill to which section 18(1B) applies is passed in accordance with this section, it must be submitted to a referendum. (7) A Bill that is referred to in subsection (6) and that is approved by the majority of electors voting at a referendum must be presented to the Governor for Her Majesty's assent and becomes an Act of Parliament on the Royal Assent being signified. (8) There is to be endorsed on the Bill when it is presented to the Governor for Her Majesty's Assent under subsection (5) or (7), the certificate of the Speaker signed by the Speaker that the Bill is a Bill to which section 65G of the **Constitution Act 1975** applies and has been passed in accordance with that section. (9) The certificate of the Speaker under this section is conclusive evidence for all purposes and cannot be questioned in any court. (10) If a Bill is passed in accordance with this section, the Bill is deemed for all purposes to be a Bill that has been passed by the Assembly and the Council. No. 6224 s. 56(1)–(7). Ss 66–68 amended by No. 10106 s. 7(1)(2), repealed by No. 2/2003 s. 7(1).