Stages of Bills.

1 Standing orders shall include provision— a for general debate on a Bill with an opportunity for members to vote on its general principles, b for the consideration of, and an opportunity for members to vote on, the details of a Bill, and c for a final stage at which a Bill can be passed or rejected. 2 Subsection (1) does not prevent standing orders making provision to enable the Parliament to expedite proceedings in relation to a particular Bill. 3 Standing orders may make provision different from that required by subsection (1) for the procedure applicable to Bills of any of the following kinds— a Bills which restate the law, b Bills which repeal spent enactments, c private Bills. 4 Standing orders shall provide for an opportunity for the reconsideration of a Bill after its passing if (and only if)— a the Supreme Court decides that the Bill or any provision of it would not be within the legislative competence of the Parliament, aa the Supreme Court decides on a reference made in relation to the Bill under section 32A(2)(b) that any provision of the Bill relates to a protected subject-matter, b ... or c an order is made in relation to the Bill under section 35. 4A Standing orders shall provide for an opportunity for the reconsideration of a Bill after its rejection if (and only if), on a reference made in relation to the Bill under section 32A(2)(a), the Supreme Court decides that no provision that is subject to the reference relates to a protected subject-matter. 5 Standing orders shall, in particular, ensure that — a any Bill amended on reconsideration in accordance with standing orders made by virtue of subsection (4)(a) ... or (c), and b any Bill reconsidered in accordance with standing orders made by virtue of subsection (4)(aa) or (4A), is subject to a final stage at which it can be approved or rejected. 6 References in subsection (4), sections 28(2) , 31(2A), 31A, 32A(2)(b) and 38(1)(a) and paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to the passing of a Bill shall, in the case of a Bill to which subsection (5)(a) or (b) applies , be read as references to the approval of the Bill.