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Stortinget the Norwegian Parliament Rules of Procedure STOTforretningsorden_a5_eng.qxd 20.09.04 14:02 Side 1 Stortinget The Norwegian Parliament Rules of Procedure Issued by The Storting`s Administration, The Constitutional Office A/S O. Fredr.Arnesen – Oslo 2005 Photo: www.fotografcarlsen.no October 2005 ISBN 82-91283-86-9 www,stortinget.no STORTINGET THE NORWEGIAN PARLIAMENT RULES OF PROCEDURE REVISED 1 OCTOBER 2005 From the opening ceremony, where H M KING HARALD V reads the Speech from the Throne and declares the summoned Storting for opened TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Chapter 1 The Constitution of the Storting ................................. 7 Chapter 2 The Presidents and the Secretaries ............................. 8 Chapter 3 Committees and the Working Procedures .................. 10 Chapter 4 How the Storting and its Chambers are Convened and Called to Order .................................................... 26 Chapter 5 Royal Propositions and Reports, and Proposals and Applications ................................................................ 28 Chapter 6 The Debates ................................................................ 32 Chapter 7 Voting ......................................................................... 36 Chapter 8 The Business of the Tings pursuant to Article 75 of the Constitution ........................................................... 38 Chapter 9 Interpellations, Questions to the Presidium, and Question Time ............................................................ 44 Chapter 10 The Procedure on Bills in the Plenary Storting ......... 44 Chapter 11 The Records of the Tings, and Dispatch of Business 44 Chapter 12 Miscellaneous Provisions ........................................... 46 Index ......................................................................................................... 48 Appendix A Articles 75 and 76 of the Constitution ....................... 55 Appendix B Rules for Public Scrutiny Hearings ............................ 57 Rules of Procedure 7 Rules of Procedure Chapter 1 The Constitution of the Storting Section 1 When the Storting assembles after a general election, the post of President is on request temporarily assumed by the President of the previous Storting or, in the absence of the Member in question, by the Vice President or Deputy President of the previous Storting. If none of these is present, the post of President is on request temporarily as- sumed by the senior Member present, in terms of length of service in the Storting. If two or more have been Members of the Storting for an equal length of time, the oldest shall have precedence. The President calls the roll and receives the credentials of the Members and their deputies. The Rules of Procedure are approved. Notifications of ab- sence and applications for leave are reported and decided on. A com- mittee is elected to examine the credentials. The party groups shall as far as possible be proportionally represented on the committee. In ad- dition to the credentials, the committee deals with the recommenda- tion from the Preparatory Credentials Committee, cf. section 23. Until the credentials have been approved, the Members of the Storting have a temporary right to sit and to vote. When the recommendation from the Credentials Committee has been dealt with, the Storting elects Presidents and Secretaries. Next the members of the Lagting are elected. When it has been re- ported to the Storting that both the Lagting and the Odelsting have elected their Presidents and Secretaries, the President declares the Storting lawfully constituted, and reports this to the King. At each new session of the Storting in the same parliamentary pe- riod, the same rules shall be observed as prescribed for the first Stort- ing in the term, apart from what is stated concerning credentials in the first paragraph of this section and concerning the election of members of the Lagting in the third paragraph. 8 Rules of Procedure After the elections and the counting of votes ordered by the Stort- ing in pursuance of sections 13ñ3 and 14ñ1 of theAct of 28 June 2002 No. 57 relating to parliamentary and local government elections, cre- dentials must be examined at the earliest opportunity. Section 2 In the plenary Storting and in the Odelsting, Members shall be seated in the alphabetical order of their constituencies; in the Lagting according to the number of votes by which they were elected. In case of equality of votes the order is decided by drawing lots. Section 3 A new Member who attends after the Storting has elected the members of the Lagting shall sit in the Odelsting, unless elected to the Lagting to fill a vacancy there. Chapter 2 The Presidents and the Secretaries Section 4 At the beginning of each new Storting the Storting and both of its chambers1 shall elect a President, Vice President, first and second Deputy President, Secretary, Vice Secretary and Deputy Secretary. The elected Presidents and Vice Presidents form the Presidium. The President of the Storting is the chairman of the Presidium. The Vice President of the Storting is the vice chairman. The President of the Storting conducts the proceedings of the Storting on behalf of the Presidium. When the Storting is not in session, the President adopts such measures as may be necessary concerning the internal affairs of the Storting. The President and the Vice President of the Storting may be excused from serving on any of the Standing Committees of the Storting (cf. section 12). 1 The chambers are the Lagting and the Odelsting. Rules of Procedure 9 If any of the Presidents, Vice Presidents or Secretaries are obliged to be absent for any length of time, deputies shall be elected for as long as they are absent. If at least one-fifth of the Members of the Storting, the Odelsting or the Lagting send the President a written demand for a new election, such new election shall be held in the Ting concerned. In the first election of President and Vice President during the electoral period, ballots shall be held by means of unsigned ballot pa- pers. In subsequent elections during the same electoral period, the rules laid down in the first and second sentence of section 44, first par- agraph (d) shall apply. To elect Presidents and Secretaries, a simple majority is required, i.e. over half of the votes cast. If none of the candidates obtains such a majority in the first ballot or in a free re-election, a tied ballot shall be held restricted to the two candidates who received the greatest number of votes (cf. section 45, (b)). Section 5 No one may be President or Secretary of more than one Ting at the same time, and the President of one Ting may not be Secretary of any of the Tings. This provision notwithstanding, the Deputy President or Secretary of one Ting may be elected Substitute President of another Ting. Section 6 Meetings of the Storting, the Lagting and the Odelsting are presi- ded over in alternate calendar months by the President and the Vice President. The Secretaries and Vice Secretaries of the Storting and of its chambers also alternate each calendar month. A Deputy President and a Deputy Secretary may assume the func- tions of temporary president or secretary. For a short period a Substitute President may be elected to func- tion as temporary president. 10 Rules of Procedure Section 7 The Secretaries shall keep the Records of Proceedings of the re- spective Tings. The President and the Secretary shall sign the Records of Proceedings. Chapter 3 The Committees and Working Procedures Section 8 Immediately after the Storting has been constituted, an Election Committee of 37 members is elected. The groups should as far as pos- sible be proportionally represented on it. The geographical distribu- tion of constituencies should also be taken into account. The Election Committee decides the composition of the standing committees of the Storting. The Election Committee makes a recom- mendation concerning all the elections which the Storting assigns it to prepare. The recommendation shall be completed as soon as possible after receipt of the assignment. The members of the Election Committee serve for the whole par- liamentary period. If vacancies arise, the missing member should be replaced by means of a new election as soon as possible. The Storting also elects deputies to the Election Committee, ac- cording to the same principles as stated in the first paragraph. These deputies shall be summoned to attend in any case of absence of a com- mittee member. Section 9 (Repealed 1 October 1993. Rec. S. No. 145 ñ 1991 ñ 92) Section 10 All of the Members of the Storting, except those who may be ex- cused (cf. section 4 second paragraph last sentence) shall be assigned to one of the following committees: 1. The Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs 2. The Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment Rules of Procedure 11 3. The Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs 4. The Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs 5. The Standing Committee on Defence 6. The Standing Committee on Health and Care Services 7. The Standing Committee on Justice 8. The Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Af- fairs 9. The Standing Committee on Local Government and Public Ad- ministration 10. The Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs 11. The Standing Committee on Business and Industry 12. The Standing Committee on Transport and Communications 13. The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Section 11 As soon as the Election Committee has been elected, it appoints the members of the standing
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