Appointment of Days for Stages of Bills

“57. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Standing Order, the member in charge of the Bill may, at the conclusion of the proceedings of any stage of the Bill, either name a day to be appointed for the next stage of the Bill or move that the next stage be taken forthwith.

(2) An interval of not less than seven days must elapse between the first and second reading of a Bill, unless the Assembly, on a motion made and question put, agree to proceed with the Bill at an earlier date or forthwith.

(3) Subject to paragraph (2) of the Order, no Bill shall be read a second time until it has been printed and circulated to members.”