On Mon, 4 Aug 2008, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Reason: I believe that we came to think (via CFJ, or just discussion?) >> if R2019 "in a timely fashion SHALL" expires before the beginning of a >> month, the Speaker loses the ability to assign prerogatives > > It was by discussion; you called CJFs 1890-1 to resolve the issue but > at the time the CFJs were called it was impossible for the Speaker to > assign any prerogatives whatsoever so my judgments ignored the issue > of what would happen if e could assign Prerogatives but failed to do > so before the beginning of the month. > > As the rule is written now, I could be persuaded that the Speaker CAN > assign prerogatives at any time, but only for following month and not > for the current month, or alternatively that assignment is only > possible during the last 7 days of a month.
Hmm, I wonder how the "upcoming month" part interacts with deputisation attempts. Multiple questions here. -Goethe