§ Standing Orders for the Suspension of Private Bills, or Bills to confirm any Provisional Order or Certificate.
§ (1.) Ordered, That the Promoters of every Private Bill which shall have been introduced into this House, or brought from the House of Lords in the present Session of Parliament, shall have leave to suspend any further proceeding thereupon, in order to proceed with the same Bill in the next Session of Parliament.
§ (2.) Ordered, That the Promoters of every such Bill shall give notice in the Private Bill Office, not later than one clear day prior to the close of the present Session, of their intention to suspend any further proceedings thereon; or, in the case of Bills which, having passed this House, shall then be pending in the House of 956 Lords, of their intention to proceed with the same Bill in this House in the next Session.
§ (3.) Ordered, That an Alphabetical List of all such Bills, with a statement of the stage at which the same were suspended, shall be prepared by the Private Bill Office, and printed.
§ (4.) Ordered, That not later than three clear days after the next meeting of Parliament, every Bill which has been introduced into this House shall be deposited in the Private Bill Office, in the form required by Standing Order No. 201, with a declaration signed by the Agent annexed thereto, stating that the Bill is the same, in every respect, as the Bill with respect to which proceedings have been so suspended, at the last stage of its proceeding in the House in the present Session; and, where any sum of money has been deposited, that such deposit has not been withdrawn, together with a certificate of that fact from the proper officer of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice in England or Ireland, or the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, as the case may be.
§ (5.) Ordered, That such Bills, indorsed by one of the Clerks in the Private Bill Office, as having been duly deposited with such declarations and certificates annexed, be laid by one of the Clerks of that Office upon the Table of the House, in the next Session of Parliament, in the order in which they shall stand upon such List.
§ (6.) Ordered, That in respect of every Bill so laid upon the Table such Bill shall be read a first time; and a second time (if the Bill shall have been read a second time previously to its being suspended); and if such Bill shall have been reported by any Committee in the present Session, the Order for referring the Bill to a Committee shall be dispensed with, and the Bill ordered to lie upon the Table or to be read a third time, as the case may be.
§ (7.) Ordered, That in case any Bill brought from the House of Lords in the present Session, upon which the proceedings shall have been suspended in this House, shall be brought from the House of Lords in the next Session of Parliament, the Agent for such Bill shall deposit in the Private Bill Office, prior to the first reading thereof, a declaration stating that the Bill is the same, in every respect, as the Bill which was brought from the House of Lords in the present Session; and where any sum of money has been deposited, that such deposit has not been withdrawn, together with a certificate of that fact from the proper officer; and so soon as one of the Clerks in the Private Bill Office has certified that such deposit has been duly made, the Bill shall be read a first time, and be further proceeded with in the same manner as Bills introduced into this House during the present Session.
§ (8.) Ordered, That all Petitions presented in the last Session of the late Parliament, or in the present Session, against Private Bills, or against any Bill to confirm any Provisional Order or Certificate, and which stood referred to the Committees on such Bills, shall stand referred to the Committees on the same Bills, in the next Session of Parliament; and that all Notices and grounds of objection to the right of Petitioners to be heard given in the present Session within the time prescribed by the Rules of the Referees relating to such Notices shall be held applicable in the next Session of Parliament.
957§ (9.) Ordered, That no Petitioners shall be heard before the Committee on such Bills, unless their Petition shall have been presented within the time limited in the last Session of the late Parliament, or in the present Session.
§ (10.) Ordered, That in case the time limited for presenting Petitions against any such Bills shall not have expired at the close of the present Session, Petitioners may be heard before the Committee on such Bill, provided their Petition be presented previous to, or not later than, seven clear days after the next meeting of Parliament.
§ (11.) Ordered, That all Instructions to Committees on Private Bills in the last Session of the late Parliament, or in the present Session, which shall be suspended previously to their being reported by any Committee, be Instructions to the Committees on the same Bills in the next Session.
§ (12.) Ordered, That no new Fees be charged in respect of any stage of a Bill upon which Fees have been already incurred during the present Session.
§ (13.) Ordered, That all Standing Orders complied with in respect of any Bill introduced, or intended to be introduced, during the last Session of the late Parliament, or in the present Session, shall be held applicable to any Bill for the same objects introduced in the next Session, and where the Examiner has already reported upon the compliance with the Standing Orders in respect of any such Bill, he shall only Report in the next Session whether any further Standing Orders are applicable.
§ (14.) Ordered, That Bills to confirm any Provisional Order or Certificate introduced into this House, or brought from the House of Lords, in the present Session shall be suspended from the close of the present Session, in order to be proceeded with in the next Session of Parliament.
§ (15.) Ordered, That with regard to any such Bills the Order of Leave in the present Session shall be read, and thereupon the Bill shall be read a first time and a second time (if the Bill shall have been read a second time during the present Session); and if such Bill shall have been reported by any Committee in the present Session, the Order for referring the Bill to a Committee shall be dispensed with, and the Bill ordered to lie upon the Table, or to be read a third time, as the case may be.
§ (16.) Ordered, That all applications made, and Certificates given, and all other proceedings taken with reference to any Bill introduced, or intended to be introduced, in the present Session for confirming any Provisional Order in respect to the Inclosure of Commons under "The Commons Act, 1876," shall be deemed to apply to any Bill introduced for the same object in the next Session.
§ (17.) Ordered, That the said Orders be Standing Orders of this House, and be printed.—(The Chairman of Ways and Means.)