2019-08-06 S&O Agenda - Item 6 - Attachment 2 - Draft New Standing Orders for Noosa Council

31. Questions
31.1 A Councillor may at a Council meeting ask a question for reply by another Councillor or an
     officer regarding any matter under consideration at the meeting.
31.2 A question shall be asked categorically and without argument and no discussion shall be
     permitted at the meeting of Council in relation to a reply or a refusal to reply to the question.
31.3 A Councillor or officer to whom a question is asked without notice may request that the question
     be taken on notice.
31.4 A Councillor who asks a question at a meeting, whether or not upon notice, shall be deemed
     not to have spoken to the debate of the motion to which the question relates.
31.5 The Chairperson may disallow a question which is considered inconsistent with an acceptable
     request or good order, provided that a Councillor may move a motion that the Chairperson’s
     ruling be disagreed with, and if such motion be carried the Chairperson shall allow such
     question.




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