2019-08-06 S&O Agenda - Item 6 - Attachment 1 - Existing Standing Orders for Noosa Council

                                            Standing Orders for meetings of Noosa Shire Council



   (8) When the Chairperson stands during a debate, the member then speaking or offering
       to speak shall immediately be seated and the Chairperson shall be heard without
       interruption.
   (9) The Chairperson may:
       (a) call the attention of the meeting to continued irrelevance or tedious repetition on
           the part of any member; and
       (b) direct the member to discontinue a speech.

29 No digression
   A member shall not speak otherwise than upon, nor digress from, the matter then before
   the local government.

30 Disturbance by members
   A member shall not make a noise or disturbance nor converse aloud while another person
   is addressing the local government.

31 Acts of disorder by non-members
   (1) A person who is not a member of the local government or a committee must not
       interrupt or obstruct the proper conduct of a meeting of the local government or a local
       government committee.
   (2) If a person (other than a member) interrupts or obstructs the proper conduct of a
       meeting of the local government or a local government committee, the Chairperson
       may ask the person to withdraw from the meeting place.
   (3) A person asked to withdraw from a meeting place under subsection (2) must
       immediately withdraw from the place and remain away until the end of the meeting or
       for a lesser period fixed by the Chairperson.
   (4) If a person contravenes subsection (3), an authorised person may, at the request of
       the Chairperson, exercise reasonable force to remove the person, and keep the
       person away from the meeting place.

32 Disorder
   The Chairperson may adjourn a meeting of the local government for not more than 30
   minutes if an act of disorder arises at the meeting and the meeting cannot properly
   continue.

33 Business of objectionable nature
   If, at a local government meeting, the Chairperson or a member considers that a matter
   or motion before a meeting is of an objectionable nature or outside the powers of the local
   government, the Chairperson may, on the Chairperson’s own volition or at the request of
   another member, declare that the matter not be considered further.




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