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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

           (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.
  32 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 govemment or a
          local govemment committee.
      (2) If a person (other than a member) interrupts or obstructs the proper conduct of a
          meeting of the local govemment 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.
  33 Disorder
      The Chairperson may adjoum 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.
  34 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.
  35 Points of order
      (1) A member who is speaking shall not be interrupted, except by the Chairperson or
          upon a point of order, in which event the member shall resume the member's seat
          and remain silent until the Chairperson has ceased speaking or the point of order
          has been disposed of, whereupon the member so interrupted may, if permitted,
          proceed.
      (2) Any member may ask the Chairperson to decide on a point of order where it is
          believed that -
           (a) another member has failed to comply with proper meeting procedure;
           (b) a matter before the local govemment is in contravention of a local law, these
              Standing Orders) or the Local Government Act; or
           (c) a matter before the local government is beyond the local government's
              jurisdiction or power.
      (3) Where a point of order is raised, consideration of the matter to which the motion was
          moved shall be suspended and the Chairperson shall determine whether the point of
          order is upheld.

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