2015-03-31 P&O Committee - Item 7 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Council Standing Orders

                                      Standing Orders for meetings of Noosa Shire Council 2014



   (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 members of the local government or a committee
   (1) A member of the local government or a committee commits an act of disorder at a
       meeting of the local government or the committee if the member -
       (a) obstructs or interrupts the proper conduct of the meeting;
       (b) uses indecent or offensive language;
       (c) makes a statement reflecting adversely on the reputation of the local
           government or the committee;
       (d) makes an intemperate statement reflecting adversely on the character or
           motives of a member or officer of the local government or a committee; or
       (e) refuses or wilfully fails to comply with a direction given by the Chairperson of the
           meeting.
   (2) If a member of the local government or a committee has, in the Chairperson’s
       opinion, committed an act of disorder, the Chairperson may direct the member to
       make a retraction or apology.
   (3) If the member does not comply immediately with a direction under subsection (2),
       the Chairperson may immediately move a motion (a suspension motion) that the
       member be suspended for the remainder of the meeting or a lesser time fixed by the
       Chairperson.
   (4) If the Chairperson moves a suspension motion -
       (a) the motion must be put to the vote immediately without discussion; and
       (b) if the motion is passed, the member must immediately leave the meeting place
           and must remain away for the period of the suspension.
   (5) If a member contravenes subsection (4) (b), an authorised person may, at the
       request of the Chairperson, exercise reasonable force to remove the member, and
       to keep the member away, from the meeting place.




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