[vc_row][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_tta_accordion style=”outline” color=”black” active_section=”-1″ no_fill=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Adjournment” tab_id=”adjournment”][vc_column_text css=””]When the House breaks with intention of resuming later. The House can stand adjourned for any period of time.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Backbencher” tab_id=”backbencher”][vc_column_text css=””]A Minister who does not hold office in the government or opposition and who sits behind the front benches in the House of Assembly.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Bill (Not completed)” tab_id=”bill-not-completed”][vc_column_text css=””]A Bill is a proposal for a new law or for a change to an existing law.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Stages of A Bill” tab_id=”stages-of-a-bill”][vc_column_text css=””]

• First Reading
• Second Reading
• Committee Of The Whole
• Report Stage
• Third Stage
• Passage through the Senate (The Upper House)
• Royal Assent

[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Chairman” tab_id=”chairman”][vc_column_text css=””]When the House goes into Committee, The Speaker of The House vacates the Chair and is replaced by the Chairman, who is then identified as “The Chairman.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Clause” tab_id=”clause”][vc_column_text css=””]A Clause is a particular and separate article, stipulation or proviso in a Bill. The body of a Bill consists of numbered clauses. When a Bill is enacted the clauses become sections of a Law or Act.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Commonwealth” tab_id=”commonwealth”][vc_column_text css=””]A voluntary association of 53 independent sovereign states, most of which are former British colonies.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA)” tab_id=”cpa”][vc_column_text css=””]The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association is an organization that links Parliamentarians and parliamentary staff from over 180 national, state, provincial and territorial Parliaments and Legislatures.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Dissolution/ Dissolved” tab_id=”dissolution-dissolved”][vc_column_text css=””]A Parliamentary term is ended by Dissolution. When Parliament is dissolved all matters before Parliament are terminated and all Parliamentarians will vacate their seats. The life or a term of Parliament is usually five years, but it may be terminated sooner by the Governor-General acting on the advice of the Prime Minister.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Gallery” tab_id=”gallery”][vc_column_text css=””]Public seating, generally open at all times the House is sitting.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”MP” tab_id=”mp”][vc_column_text css=””]Member of Parliament[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Opposition” tab_id=”opposition”][vc_column_text css=””]The Opposition refers to the non-governing party of elected MPs that are opposed to the current government. The Constitutional function of the Opposition is to scrutinize government legislation and actions.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Parliamentary Term” tab_id=”parliamentary-term”][vc_column_text css=””]The period of time from the beginning of a Parliamentary session to the end of it.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Parliamentary Session” tab_id=”parliamentary-session”][vc_column_text css=””]A Parliamentary term is divided into sessions. A session of Parliament is that period that Parliament meets between a dissolution and a prorogation, or between prorogation and prorogation.The Governor-General opens all Sessions of Parliament with a Speech from the Throne.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Prorogation” tab_id=”prorogation”][vc_column_text css=””]A session of Parliament is ended by Prorogation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Section” tab_id=”section”][vc_column_text css=””]When a Bill is enacted the clauses become sections of a Law or Act.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row]