QUEENSLAND LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

-- PETITIONS--

SESSIONAL ORDERS

On Tuesday 21 March 1995, the following sessional orders were agreed to for the remainder
of this session of Parliament.

Standing Order 219A is omitted and the following Standing Order is inserted.

219A  Form of Petition
		A Petition shall be in the following form:-

			"PETITION"

TO:  The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of 
Queensland.

The Petition of	

(a) citizens of Queensland	        )draws to the attention of the House
		or			)
(b) residents of the state of Queensland)
		or			)
(c) electors of the Division of ....    )

				(State Grievance)


Your petitioners therefore request the House to 

				(State action required)

NAME AND ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL PETITIONER	)This must appear
............................................	)on every page of
............................................ 	)every petition

		(Here follows the Signatures)

Standing Order 238A is omitted and the following standing orders are inserted.

238A		Copy of petition to responsible Minister

A copy of every petition received by the House is to be referred by the 
Clerk to the appropriate responsible Minister who may forward a response 
to the Clerk for presentation to the House.  A copy of this response shall 
be printed in Hansard and be supplied to the Member who presented the 
petition.

238B		Name of Principal petitioner

Every petition must indicate the name and address of the principal 
petitioner on the front page.

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