Standing Rules and Orders of Council
Rule 82: Challenging Speaker's rulings via Rules Committee
According to a councillor citing it, once the Speaker has made a ruling, a councillor who wants to speak on that ruling should write to the Rules Committee instead of debating it in the meeting. It would be used when members dispute a Speaker's ruling. The passage gives only this one councillor's paraphrase and no rule text, so the full scope of the rule is unclear.
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How the minutes record it
Councillor Christians (DA) rose on a point of order and said that in accordance with Rule 82 of the Standing Rules and Orders of Council, when the Speaker had made a ruling, any Councillor wishing to speak on the ruling should address the matter by writing to the Rules Committee, rather than engaging in a debate.
Signed minutes, Friday, 8 March 2024
Every meeting whose minutes cite it (1)
Heard in the chamber
- 25 June 2026, 02:08:25
Thank you, Speaker. Speaker, I rise in terms of Rule 82. Speaker, I have the same concern that Councillor Nkonyeni just raised. You previously ruled that it is the individual speech and they have the freedom of speech when it comes to it, but now you are saying he needs to...