There shall be a session of the Parliament once at least in every year, so that twelve months shall not intervene between the last sitting of the Parliament in one session and its first sitting in the next session.

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[Deleted. Sections 5 and 6 will be replaced with proposed s.6A:

6A Sessions of Parliament
The timing and conduct of sessions of each house of Parliament shall be determined by the standing orders made pursuant to section 50, provided that such standing orders must provide:
(a) That after any general election of members of the house, each house must convene a session not less than 30 days after the date appointed for the declaration of the results of the election; and
(b) That each house must convene a session at least once in each year, so that twelve months does not elapse between the last sitting of the last session and the first sitting of the next session.]

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There shall be a session of the Parliament once at least in every year, so that twelve months shall not intervene between the last sitting of the Parliament in one session and its first sitting in the next session.

6.1 Currently sessions of Parliament are dealt with in two sections, s.5 and s.6. The proposal is to condense the rules as to Parliamentary sessions into a new section s.6A, to be called ‘Sessions of Parliament’, which will impose a requirement that the standing orders of each house include rules that:
▸    Each House must meet not less than 30 days after an election, and
▸    Each House must meet once per year.
These requirements are in the present sections 5 and 6.