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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA    28 APRIL 2014




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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                   28 APRIL 2014

                                       Standing Orders for meetings of Noosa Shire Council 2014

      (5) No member or Council employee shall make personal reflections on or impute
          improper motives to any other member or Council employee.
      (6) Members shall conform to the Conduct and Performance of Councillors in
          accordance with the Local Government Act.     In addition the Chairperson may
          specify orally or in writing appropriate standards of behaviour which shall be
          observed by all members and other persons attending a local govemment meeting.
      (7) No member who is speaking shall be interrupted except upon a point of order being
          raised either by the Chaimerson or by a member.
      (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 govemment.
  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 govemment or a committee commits an act of disorder at a
          meeting of the local govemment 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
              govemment 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

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