Quorum

(1) If at any sitting of either House any member of the House who is present draws the attention of the person presiding at the sitting to the absence of a quorum and, after such interval as may be prescribed in the Standing Orders of the House, the person presiding at the sitting ascertains that a quorum of the House is still not present, the House shall be adjourned. (2) For the purposes of this section, (a) a quorum of the House of Representatives shall consist of seven members of the House; 95 (b) a quorum of the Senate shall consist of three (c) the person presiding at the sitting of either House shall not be included in reckoning whether there is a quorum of that House present.