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Debate: Grammatical, Formatting and Spelling Error Corrections Act (2014)
Topic Started: 17th October 2014 - 09:29 PM (553 Views)
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Grammatical, Formatting and Spelling Error Corrections Act (2014)

An Act to enable authorised authorities to efficiently correct stylistic and linguistic errors in passed pieces of legislation, and to ensure the validity of enacting clauses.

Be it enacted by Her Excellency the Grand Chancellor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Short Title

(1) This Act may be referred to as the Grammatical, Formatting and Spelling Error Corrections Act (2014).

Correcting Errors

(2) The Speaker of Senate of the Independent Order, with the advice and consent of either the Grand Chancellor or Premier of the Independent Order, may alter or correct grammatical, formatting and spelling errors in passed legislation without requiring to pass an amendment act.

(3) Such alterations or corrections may be made provided that such changes are non-substantive in that they do not in any way affect the interpretation of the content of a piece of legislation.

(4) A correction may be publicly submitted to the Speaker of the Independent Order by any Senator, Member of the Citizens' Assembly or Honorary Member of the Citizens' Assembly.

(5) Upon a correction being approved, the Speaker is required to inform the Senate twenty-four (24) hours prior to such correction being made.

(6) If the correction is undisputed, then it shall automatically take effect after the notice period.

(7) Such changes may not be made to the Constitution of the Independent Order.

Disputing Changes

(8) A Senator, Assembly Member, Honorary Assembly Member or member of the public may dispute an alteration or correction if they feel that the change is:
(8.1) Substantive enough in that it affects the interpretation of the legislation; or
(8.2) itself stylistically or linguistically incorrect.

(9) If the change is disputed by a Senator, then it shall immediately be brought forward to the Senate floor in the form of a motion. The Senate may then decide whether or not the change can be made, or if it shall require an amendment act.

(10) If the change is disputed by a Member or Honorary Member of the Citizens’ Assembly, then it shall immediately be brought forward to the Assembly floor in the form of a motion, so long as the motion can be presented by a Member. The Assembly may then decide whether to approve the change, or whether to request a motion in the Senate.

(11) If the change is disputed by a member of the public, then it shall be deferred for a further forty-eight (48) hours to allow either Senators, Assembly Members of Honorary Assembly Members an opportunity to dispute the changes, or to start a petition to require the Speaker to submit an amendment act.

(12) A petition submitted by a member of the public must receive signatures equal to or greater than the number of Senators for it to be deemed sufficient.

Enacting Clause

(13) Where the Right Honourable Senate carried a motion on the day of the 9 July 2014 to retrospectively apply an enacting clause to all legislation, this act shall ensure that such changes are validated by law, and shall, where not already applied, authorise the Speaker of the Senate to apply the enacting clause to all proposed and passed legislation.

(14) Furthermore, all enacting clauses, and text within acts, unless otherwise specified, shall be deemed to be equal in status, regardless of the gender-specific pronoun used.

Derogations

(15) Changes may not be made to alter the variation of English language used in an act, save for ensuring a consistent use of it, and so long as the act is written in a recognised variation. The recognised variations of English are:
(15.1) American English;
(15.2) Australian English;
(15.3) British English; and
(15.4) Canadian English.
Edited by Gadshack, 19th October 2014 - 07:15 PM.
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I, um, helped get it through the Assembly. Of course I support it.
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likewise, I see nothing wrong with it.
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Everyone agrees with this, no issue. But we have to go through with these procedures....

I vote the motion this legislation to a vote now.
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I believe the correct syntax is "I move that this be taken to a vote" or something of that sort.

But, whatever. I second the motion.
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Everything is on order, moving this to a vote.
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