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LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MEETING PROCEDURES) REGULATIONS 2015 (S.R. 2015, NO. 38) - REG 16

Motions
(1)  If, during a meeting, a councillor intends to move a motion of which notice has not been given, the chairperson of the meeting may require the councillor to provide a written copy of the motion.
(2)  The chairperson of a meeting is not to allow a motion to be debated or otherwise dealt with unless it has been moved by one councillor and seconded by another councillor.
(3)  The chairperson of a council committee meeting may waive the requirement for a motion to be seconded.
(4)  A councillor moving a motion for an adjournment of the debate on another motion is to include in the motion the reason for the adjournment.
(5)  A councillor may give to the general manager, at least 7 days before a meeting, written notice of a motion, together with supporting information and reasons, to be included on the agenda of that meeting.
(6)  The general manager, after consultation with the relevant chairperson, may refuse to accept a written motion given under subregulation (5) if, in the opinion of both of them, the motion –
(a) is defamatory; or
(b) contains offensive language; or
(c) is unlawful.
(7)  If a councillor who has given notice of a motion that has not been refused under subregulation (6) does not move the motion at the meeting, the motion lapses.
(8)  A councillor who has moved a motion, whether it is being debated or not, may only withdraw the motion –
(a) with the consent of the seconder, if a seconder was required; or
(b) with the consent of the meeting.
(9)  The chairperson of a meeting may refuse to accept a motion of which written notice has not been given under subregulation (5) if, in the opinion of the chairperson, the motion –
(a) is defamatory; or
(b) contains offensive language; or
(c) is unlawful.
(10)  The period referred to in subregulation (5) includes Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays, but does not include –
(a) the day on which notice is given under that subregulation; and
(b) the day of the meeting.



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