South Australian Current Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 81

81—Frequency and timing of ordinary meetings

        (1)         Subject to this section, ordinary meetings of a council will be held at times and places appointed by a resolution of the council.

        (2)         There must be at least one ordinary meeting in each month.

        (3)         If a time and place has not been appointed for the holding of an ordinary meeting during a month, the chief executive officer must appoint the time and place at which the ordinary meeting for the month is to be held.

        (4)         The chief executive officer must also appoint the time and place at which the first ordinary meeting of a council will be held—

            (a)         after the council is constituted under Chapter 3; or

            (b)         after a general election of the council.

        (5)         Ordinary meetings of a council may not be held on Sundays, or on public holidays.

        (6)         In the case of a municipal council, ordinary meetings of the council may not be held before 5 p.m. unless the council resolves otherwise by a resolution supported unanimously by all members of the council.

        (7)         A resolution under subsection (6) does not operate in relation to a meeting held after the conclusion of the general election next held following the making of the resolution.