16. (1) The Speaker shall determine the Order of Business of the House.
(2) The Speaker shall, in determining the Order of Business give priority to Council business.
(3) The Order Paper shall be prepared by the Clerk, showing the business to be placed before or taken by the House in the order in which it is to be taken, together with such other information as the Speaker may from time to time direct to be shown therein and such Order Paper shall be circulated as early as possible before the House meets.
(4) The business of the House shall be transacted in the following order:-
(a) prayer, in the form prescribed in Annex 1 of these Rules;
(b) matters other than business including:-
(i) Administration of Oath;
(ii) Election of Speaker;
(iii) Communication from the Chair;
(iv) Petitions;
(v) Papers;
(vi) Notice of Motion;
(vii) Questions of which notice has been given.
(c) Business set down on the Order Paper.
(5) By leave of the Speaker, the order of business set out in the Order Paper may be altered on any particular day.
(6) The Speaker shall direct the Clerk to read the Orders of the Day without question put.