{"id":"wa-local:dundas-shire-of-standing-orders-local-law-2018","name":"Standing Orders Local Law 2018","slug":"standing-orders-local-law-2018","collection":"local_law","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":437970,"registerId":"wa-local:dundas-shire-of-standing-orders-local-law-2018-pdf-1775954593151","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Standing Orders Local Law 2018","content":"!2018073GG!\n1609\nISSN 1448-949X (print) ISSN 2204-4264 (online)\nPRINT POST APPROVED PP665002/00041\nPERTH, TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018 No. 73 SPECIAL\nPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY KEVIN J. McRAE, GOVERNMENT PRINTER AT 12.30 PM\n© STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA\nWESTERN\nAUSTRALIAN\nGOVERNMENT\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nSHIRE OF DUNDAS\n————\nREPEAL LOCAL LAW 2018\n———————————\nSTANDING ORDERS\nLOCAL LAW 2018\n\n\n\n22 May 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1611\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nSHIRE OF DUNDAS\nREPEAL LOCAL LAW 2018\nUnder the powers conferred by the Local Government Act 1995 and under all other powers enabling\nit, the Council of the Shire of Dundas resolved on 17 April 2018 to make the following local law.\n1. Citation\nThis local law is cited as the Shire of Dundas Repeal Local Law 2018.\n2. Commencement\nThis local law comes into operation 14 days after the date of its publication in the Government\nGazette.\n3. Repeal\nThe following local laws are repealed—\n(a) Dundas Road Board Parking By-law as published in the Government Gazette on 29 March\n1940 and as amended in the Government Gazette on 19 July 1940;\n(b) Dundas Road Board Angle Parking By-laws as published in the Government Gazette on\n12 November 1948;\n(c) Dundas Road Board Parking By-laws as published in the Government Gazette on 29 June\n1955; and\n(d) Dundas Road Board By-law for Prevention of Damage to Roads as published in the\nGovernment Gazette on 3 February 1956.\n————\nThe Common Seal of the Shire of Dundas was affixed by authority of a resolution of the Council in the\npresence of—\nLAURENE BONZA, Shire President.\nDOUG STEAD, Chief Executive Officer.\nDated: 16 May 2018.\n———————————\n\n\n\n22 May 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1613\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nSHIRE OF DUNDAS\nSTANDING ORDERS LOCAL LAW 2018\nUnder the powers conferred by the Local Government Act 1995 and under all other powers enabling\nit, the Council of the Shire of Dundas resolved on the 17 April 2018 to make the following local law.\nPART 1—PRELIMINARY\n1.1 Citation\nThis local law may be cited as the Shire of Dundas Standing Orders Local Law 2018.\n1.2 Commencement\nThis local law will come into operation 14 days after the date of publication in the Government\nGazette.\n1.3 Application and intent\n(1) The proceedings and business of the Council shall be conducted in accordance with the Act, and\nwhere not specifically prescribed, according to this local law, the clauses of which shall be referred to\nas “the Standing Orders”.\n(2) This local law provides rules and guidelines which apply to the conduct of meetings of the Council,\nits committees and electors.\n(3) This local law is intended to result in—\n(a) Better decision-making by the Council and committees;\n(b) The orderly conduct of meetings dealing with Council business;\n(c) Better understanding of the process of conducting meetings; and\n(d) The more efficient and effective use of time at meetings.\n1.4 Interpretations\n(1) The following interpretations should be used in these local laws, unless the context otherwise\nrequires—\nAbsolute majority is more than 50% of the current number of elected Council positions whether\nthey are vacant or not regardless of the number actually present;\n75% majority has the meaning given to it in the Act;\nAct means the Local Government Act 1995 and amendments and successors;\nCEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the Local Government;\nClause means a clause of these local laws;\nCommittee means any Committee appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Act;\nCommittee meeting means a meeting of a committee;\nLocal government means the Shire of Dundas;\nCouncil means the Council of the Shire of Dundas;\nMeeting includes any Ordinary or Special Meeting of the Council or any other meeting held in\naccordance with the Act and properly convened as the Act requires;\nMember means the President, or a Councillor of the Council;\nOfficer is an employed member of the staff of the Council;\nPresiding Member means—\n(a) in respect of the Council, the person presiding under section 5.6 of the Act; and\n(b) in respect of a committee, the person presiding under sections 5.12, 5.13, and 5.14 of\nthe Act;\nRegulations means the Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996;\nShire President means the Shire President of the Local Government or other Presiding Member\nat a Council meeting under section 5.6 of the Act;\n\n1614 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 May 2018\nSimple majority is more than 50% of the Councillors present and voting;\nSubstantive motion means an original motion or an original motion as amended, but does not\ninclude an amendment or a procedural motion.\n(2) Unless otherwise defined in this local law, the terms and expressions used in this local law are to\nhave the meaning given to them in the Act and Regulations.\n1.5 Repeal\nThe Shire of Dundas Local Law No. 1—Standing Orders as published in the Government Gazette on\nthe 4 September 1997 is repealed.\nPART 2—MEETINGS—NOTICE AND BUSINESS\n2.1 Notice of meetings—members to receive notice\nBefore any ordinary or special meeting of the Council a notice signed by the CEO, stating the place,\ndate and hour of holding the meeting, and specifying the business to be transacted with supporting\ncommittee reports, shall be transmitted by post, email or otherwise left or delivered to each member\nof the Council, at least 72 hours before the meeting, at the usual or last known place of abode or\nbusiness, or to another address any member may request by notice in writing to the CEO.\n2.2 Special or emergency meetings\n(1) A meeting of Council for the purpose of dealing with an emergency situation may be called by the\nPresident or CEO, or in their absence, any three Councillors.\n(2) Members of the Council will be telephoned or contacted by facsimile or email if unavailable\ndirectly by telephone and advised of the time and place of the meeting and the nature of the\nemergency business.\n(3) Decisions made at this meeting must be by absolute majority unless the Act specifies otherwise.\n2.3 Business to be specified on notice paper\nNo business shall be transacted at any meeting of the Council other than that specified in the notice\nwithout the approval of the Presiding Member or the approval of the majority of Councillors present\ndetermined by vote.\n2.4 Specified papers\nAny member may, in writing addressed to the CEO and delivered to the office of the CEO at least\n48 hours before any meeting of the Council, or of any committee of the Council, request that any\nspecified papers be laid upon the table at any meeting to be named, and the papers shall be laid upon\nthe table accordingly.\n2.5 Papers relating to matter under discussion\n(1) At any meeting of the Council, or of any committee of the Council, the Presiding Member or any\nmember may require the production of any specified papers, documents, books or records, books of\naccounts, plans, or any other record or matter whatsoever relating to any question then under\ndiscussion providing that wherever possible, the notice prescribed in the preceding clause shall be\ngiven.\n(2) In the event of notice not having been given, the proceedings of the Council shall not be\nunreasonably delayed while documents are obtained.\n2.6 Objectionable business\n(1) If the Presiding Member at any meeting of the Council is of the opinion that any motion or\nbusiness proposed is of an objectionable nature, the Presiding Member may, either before or after the\nmatter is brought forward, declare that it shall not be considered.\n(2) Any member of the Council may move dissent from such a declaration made from the Chair. On\nthe motion being seconded, the motion to dissent shall be put without debate, and in the event of the\nmotion being carried by a majority of the members present, the business referred to shall then be\nconsidered immediately, but if the motion is lost, the ruling of the Presiding Member shall stand.\nPART 3—MEETINGS QUORUM\n3.1 Quorum at meetings\nIn accordance with the Act, the quorum at all meetings of Council and its committees shall be a\nminimum of 50% of the total number of places whether vacant or not.\n3.2 Count-out adjournment\n(1) At any time during any meeting of the Council any Councillor or the CEO may call the attention of\nthe Presiding Member to the fact that a quorum is not present.\n(2) The Presiding Member shall immediately suspend the proceedings of the meeting for a period of\nfive minutes.\n(3) If a quorum is not present at the end of this period, the meeting shall be deemed to have been\ncounted out, and the Presiding Member shall adjourn it to a later hour of the same day or to any other\ntime, not more than seven days from the date of adjournment.\n3.3 Absence of quorum-record in minute book\nAt all the meetings of the Council when the Council is counted out, and an absence of quorum noted,\nthe circumstances, together with the names of the members present, shall be recorded in the Minutes.\n\n22 May 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1615\nPART 4—MEETING MINUTES\n4.1 Recording and reading of minutes\n(1) Binding or pasting or otherwise permanently affixing the minutes to the leaves of a book shall be a\nsufficient recording of the minutes.\n(2) Reading of the minutes of a previous meeting may be dispensed with provided that a copy of these\nminutes has been made available to each member at least 72 hours prior to the date of the ordinary\nmeeting at which they are presented for confirmation.\n4.2 Confirmation of minutes\n(1) The minutes of any preceding meeting or meetings as described in the Act, not previously\nconfirmed, shall be submitted for confirmation as the first business after public question time at all\nmeetings of the Council, and no discussion of them shall be permitted except as to their accuracy as a\nrecord of the proceedings.\n(2) Each page of the minutes of the full Council meeting shall be initialled by the President or person\npresiding over the meeting as prescribed by the Act, except that the last page of the minutes must\nreceive a full signature and date.\n4.3 Recording of proceedings\n(1) The Local Government may direct that an audio or video recording of a meeting of the Council or a\ncommittee be made.\n(2) In the event of a recording being made under subclause (1), the Presiding Member is to advise the\nmeeting, immediately before the meeting is commenced, that such a recording will be taking place.\n(3) A person, other than the Local Government, is not to use any electronic, visual or audio recording\ndevice or instrument to record the proceedings of the Council without the permission of the Presiding\nMember.\n(4) If the Presiding Member gives permission under subclause (3), the Presiding Member is to advise\nthe meeting, immediately before the meeting is commenced, that such permission has been given and\nthe nature and extent of that permission.\nPART 5—MEETING AND ORDER OF BUSINESS\n5.1 Ordinary meeting—Order of business\n(1) The order of business of an ordinary meeting of Council shall be—\n(a) Declaration of opening and announcement of visitors;\n(b) Declarations of financial, proximity, impartiality interests and gifts received;\n(c) Record of attendance and apologies;\n(d) Applications for leave of absence;\n(e) Response to previous public questions taken on notice;\n(f) Public question time;\n(g) Confirmation of minutes of previous meetings;\n(h) Petitions and deputations or presentations;\n(i) Announcements by the presiding member without discussion;\n(j) Reports of officers;\n(k) Elected members motions of which previous notice has been given;\n(l) New business of an urgent nature;\n(m) Next meeting; and\n(n) Closure of meeting.\n(2) Unless otherwise decided by the Council, the order of business at any special meeting of the\nCouncil is to be the order in which that business stands in the agenda of the meeting.\n(3) In determining the order of business for any meeting of the Council, the provisions of the Act and\nRegulations relating to the time at which public question time is to be held are to be observed.\n5.2 New business of an urgent nature\n(1) In cases of extreme urgency or other special circumstances, matters may, on a motion by the\nPresiding Member that is carried by the meeting, be raised without notice and decided by the\nmeeting.\n(2) In subclause (1), “cases of extreme urgency or other special circumstances” means matters that\nhave arisen after the preparation of the agenda that are considered by the Presiding Member to be of\nsuch importance and urgency that they are unable to be dealt with administratively by the Local\nGovernment and must be considered and dealt with by the Council before the next meeting.\nPART 6—MEETINGS—PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND CONDUCT\n6.1 Meetings generally open to the public\nMeetings being generally open to the public is dealt with in the Act.\n\n1616 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 May 2018\n6.2 Meetings not open to the public\n(1) The CEO may, at any time, recommend that a meeting or part of a meeting be closed to members\nof the public.\n(2) The Council or a committee, in one or more of the circumstances dealt with in the Act, may at any\ntime, by resolution, decide to close a meeting or part of a meeting.\n(3) If a resolution under subclause (2) is carried—\n(a) the Presiding Member is to direct everyone to leave the meeting except—\n(i) the Members;\n(ii) the CEO; and\n(iii) any officer specified by the Presiding Member; and\n(b) the meeting is to be closed to the public until, at the conclusion of the matter justifying the\nclosure of the meeting to the public, the Council or the committee, by resolution, decides\notherwise.\n(4) A person who fails to comply with a direction under subclause (3)(a) may, by order of the Presiding\nMember, be removed from the meeting.\n(5) While the resolution under subclause (2) remains in force, the operation of clause 12.4 is to be\nsuspended until the Council or the committee, by resolution, decides otherwise.\n(6) A resolution under this clause may be made without notice.\n(7) Unless the Council resolves otherwise, once the meeting is reopened to members of the public, the\nPresiding Member is to ensure that any resolution of the Council made while the meeting was closed\nis to be read out including a vote of a Member to be included in the minutes.\n6.3 Public questions\n(1) Question time for the public is dealt with in the Act.\n(2) Public question time will be limited to a total of fifteen minutes of duration, except by consent of\nthe Presiding Member and each speaker will be limited to three minutes duration to speak, except by\nconsent of the Presiding Member;\n(3) The Presiding Member may decide that a public question shall not be responded to where—\n(a) the same or similar question was asked at a previous meeting, a response was provided and\nthe member of the public is directed to the minutes of the meeting at which the response was\nprovided;\n(b) the member of the public uses public question time to make a statement, provided that the\nPresiding Member has taken all reasonable steps to assist the member of the public to phrase\nthe statement as a question; or\n(c) the member of the public asks a question that is offensive or defamatory in nature, provided\nthat the Presiding Member has taken all reasonable steps to assist the member of the public\nto phrase the question in a manner that is not offensive or defamatory.\n6.4 Participation at committee meetings\n(1) In this clause a reference to a person is to a person who—\n(a) is entitled to attend a committee meeting;\n(b) attends a committee meeting; and\n(c) is not a member of that committee.\n(2) Without the consent of the Presiding Member, no person is to address a committee meeting.\n(3) The Presiding Member of a committee may allow a person to make an oral submission to the\ncommittee for up to 3 minutes.\n(4) A person addressing the committee with the consent of the Presiding Member is to cease that\naddress immediately after being directed to do so by the Presiding Member.\n(5) A person who fails to comply with a direction of the Presiding Member under subclause (4) may, by\norder of the Presiding Member, be removed from the committee room.\n(6) The Council may make a policy dealing with the circumstances in which a person may be given\nconsent to address a committee meeting.\n6.5 Admission and removal of the public\n(1) The public is admitted to the Council Chamber on the basis that no expression of dissent or\napproval, conversation or interruption to the proceedings of the Council shall take the place.\n(2) In the event of any such interruption, the Presiding Member may use discretion and without a\nvote of the Council, require these interrupting to withdraw.\n(3) The person or persons concerned shall immediately withdraw from the Council Chamber.\n(4) This direction by the Presiding Member may not be challenged by moving dissent with the ruling\nand the Presiding Members ruling is final.\n(5) Any person, not being a member of the Council, who interrupts the orderly conduct of the business\nof the Council who does not withdraw immediately upon being called by the Presiding Member to\nwithdraw from the Council Chamber may, by order of the Presiding Member, be removed from the\nCouncil Chamber.\n\n22 May 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1617\nPART 7—ROLE OF PRESIDING MEMBER\n7.1 Directions by the Presiding Member\n(1) At any meeting of the Council the Presiding Member shall have the right to direct attention to any\nmatter of interest or relevance to the business of the Council or propose a change to the order of\nbusiness.\n(2) Any Councillor may move that a change in order of business proposed by the Presiding Member\nnot be accepted and if carried by a majority of Councillors present, the proposed change in order will\nnot take place.\n7.2 The Presiding Member to take part in debates\nSubject to the provisions of these local laws, the Presiding Member may take part in a discussion\nupon any question before the Council, provided that like other Councillors in accordance with these\nlocal laws, the Presiding Member may only speak once and provided that this is done before the right\nof reply is exercised.\n7.3 Precedence of Presiding Member\n(1) When the Presiding Member rises during the progress of a debate, any member of the Council\nthen speaking, or offering to speak, shall immediately cease and every member of the Council present\nshall preserve strict silence so that the Presiding Member may be heard without interruption.\n(2) This clause shall not be used by the Presiding Member to exercise the right provided in Clause 7.2,\nbut shall be used to preserve order.\n7.4 Dissent with the Presiding Members ruling\n(1) Except where expressly denied in these local laws or the Act, a member of the Council may move a\nprocedural motion to disagree with a ruling given by the Presiding Member.\n(2) The Presiding Member must immediately call for a seconder and put the motion without debate.\nPART 8—QUESTIONS\n8.1 Questions by Members\n(1) Members may ask questions relating to an item on the notice paper or on matters related to the\ngood government of persons in the district.\n(2) A Member requesting general information from an employee at a Council meeting may ask a\nquestion without notice and with the consent of the Presiding Member, may ask one or more further\nquestions of that employee or another employee present at the meeting.\n(3) Where possible the employee shall endeavour to answer the question to the best of his or her\nknowledge and ability, however, if the information is unavailable or the answer requires research or\ninvestigation, the employee may ask that—\n(a) the question be placed on notice for the next meeting of Council; and\n(b) the answer to the question be given to the Member who asked it within 14 days.\n(4) Every question and answer—\n(a) is to be brief and concise; and\n(b) is not to be accompanied by argument, expression of opinion or statement of facts, except to\nthe extent necessary to explain the question or answer.\n(5) In answering any question, an employee may qualify his or her answer and may at a later time in\nthe meeting or at a subsequent meeting alter, correct, add to or otherwise amend the original answer.\n8.2 Questions not to involve argument or opinion\nIn putting any question, no argument or expression of opinion shall be used or offered, nor any facts\nstated, except these necessary to explain the question.\nPART 9—PETITIONS\n9.1 Petitions\n(1) A petition is to be in writing and—\n(a) be addressed to the Shire President;\n(b) be made by electors of the district;\n(c) state the request on each page of the petition;\n(d) contain the name, address and signature of each elector making the request, and the date\neach elector signed;\n(e) contain a summary of the reasons for the request; and\n(f) state the name of the person to whom, and an address at which, notice to the petitioners can\nbe given.\n(2) Upon receiving a petition, the Local Government is to—\n(a) receive the petition and submit it to the relevant officer to be included in his or her report\ndeliberations (to be submitted within the next 2 rounds of Council meetings) on the matter\nthat is the topic of the petition, subject to subclause (3).\n(b) If in the opinion of the Presiding Member the subject or topic of the petition does not fall\nwithin the jurisdiction of the Council, reject the petition.\n\n1618 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 May 2018\n(3) At any meeting, the Council is not to vote on any matter that is the subject of a petition presented\nto that meeting, unless—\n(a) the matter is the subject of a report included in the agenda; and\n(b) the Council has considered the issues raised in the petition.\nPART 10—NOTICE OF MOTION\n10.1 Notices of motion-ordinary and extraordinary business\nCouncillors may bring forward business in the form of a written motion, of which notice shall be given\nin writing to the CEO, up to 24 hours before the publication of the business paper.\n10.2 Register of notices\n(1) The CEO shall, immediately upon the receipt of any notice of motion, enter it in the book to be\nprovided and kept for the purpose.\n(2) This book shall be open to the inspection of every member of the Council.\n10.3 Closing of notice book\nIn order to give every facility for the due issuing of notices to members of the Council by the CEO, the\nnotice book shall be closed at noon on the day preceding the day fixed for publication of the notice\npaper.\n10.4 Relevance of notice\nA notice of motion is to relate to the good governance of the district.\n10.5 Motion to lapse\nA motion shall lapse unless the member who gave notice is present, unless another Councillor is\nwilling to move the motion when it is called.\n10.6 Order of notice of motion\nAll notices of motion shall be dated and numbered as received and shall be entered by the CEO upon\nthe business paper in the order in which they are received, except by permission of the Presiding\nMember or the Council, as outlined in accordance with Clause 7.1 of these local laws.\n10.7 Exclusion or amendment of notice\n(1) The CEO, after consultation with the President, may exclude from the Council business paper any\nnotice of motion which may be out of order.\n(2) Clerical alterations or amendments which will bring the notice of motion into due form may be\nmade by the CEO, but no notice shall be deemed invalid on the basis of the policy involved being\nconsidered objectionable, or because it relates to a matter not within the scope of the ordinary work of\nthe Council so long as, in the opinion of the President or the CEO, the matter is one of public interest,\nutility or importance.\n10.8 Limitations of notices\nNo member shall have more than three notices on the business paper at the same time unless express\napproval of the President has been obtained.\n10.9 Notices abandoned\nIf a motion, notice of which is specified on the business paper, is not moved either by the member of\nthe Council who has given the notice of motion, or by some other Councillor, or if the motion is not\nseconded, it shall be considered as abandoned and shall not again be introduced without subsequent\nnotice of motion boing given to the CEO.\n10.10 Lack of quorum during discussion on motion\nIf an adjournment under clause 3.2 occurs during a discussion upon any motion, notice of which has\nbeen given, discussion on the motion shall continue when the meeting resumes or if the meeting is\nadjourned, at the adjourned meeting.\n10.11 Repetition of lost motions\nNo motion which has the same specific intent to one which has been lost within the preceding three\nmonths shall be moved unless it is presented as a notice of motion and the notice is signed by one\nthird of the offices of member of Council, whether present or not.\nPART 11—CONDUCT OF MEMBERS\n11.1 Official titles to be used\nMembers of the Council shall speak of each other in the Council during the transaction of business by\ntheir respective titles of President or Councillor. Members of the Council, in speaking of or addressing\nofficers, shall designate them by their respective official titles.\n11.2 Members to occupy own seats\nIn accordance with the Act, at the first meeting attended by a Councillor after election, the CEO shall\nallocate by random draw, a position at the Council table to each Councillor and the Councillor shall,\nuntil such time as there is a call by a majority of Councillors for a reallocation of positions, occupy\nthat position when present at meetings of Council.\n\n22 May 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1619\n11.3 Leaving meetings\nAfter a meeting of the Council has been formally constituted, and the business commenced, no\nmember shall enter, leave or withdraw from the meeting without first seeking leave from the\nPresiding Member.\n11.4 Debate—Maintenance of order\nNo member of Council may impute motives or use offensive or objectionable expressions in reference\nto any member, officer of the Council, or any other person.\n11.5 Alcohol\nConsumption of alcohol in Council or committee meetings is prohibited.\nPART 12—CONDUCT OF MEMBERS DURING DEBATE\n12.1 Members who wish to speak\nEvery member of the Council wishing to speak shall indicate by show of hands or other method\nagreed upon by Council. When invited by the Presiding Member to speak, members shall address the\nCouncil through the Presiding Member.\n12.2 Priority\n(1) In the event of two or more members of the Council wishing to speak at the same time, the\nPresiding Member shall decide which member is entitled to be heard.\n(2) The decision shall not be open to discussion or dissent.\n12.3 Relevance\nEvery member of the Council shall restrict their remarks to the motion or amendment under\ndiscussion, or to an explanation or point of order.\n12.4 Limitation of number of speeches\nNo member of the Council shall address the full Council more than once on any motion or amendment\nbefore the Council except the mover of a substantive motion, in reply, or to a point of order, or in\nexplanation.\n12.5 Limitation of duration of speeches\n(1) All addresses shall be limited to a maximum of three minutes.\n(2) Extension of time is permissible only with the agreement of the majority of Councillors present.\n12.6 Members not to speak after conclusion of debates\nNo member of the Council may speak to any question after it has been put by the chair.\n12.7 Irrelevance, repetition, imputations, offensive expressions\n(1) The Presiding Member may call the attention of the Council to continued irrelevance, tedious\nrepetition, unbecoming language, or any breach of order on the part of a member of the Council, and\nmay direct the Councillor, if speaking to discontinue the speech, and the Councillor shall then cease\nspeaking.\n(2) A Councillor may call the attention of the Presiding Member to continued irrelevance, tedious\nrepetition, unbecoming language, or any breach of order on the part of a member of the Council, and\nmay call upon the Presiding Member to direct the Councillor to cease speaking.\n(3) If after a Councillor has drawn the attention of the Presiding Member according to Clause (2), a\nCouncillor continues without alteration, a Councillor may move that the Councillor ceases to speak.\n(4) Upon moving this motion the Presiding Member must immediately call for a seconder, but there\nshall be no debate.\n(5) If carried by a majority of Councillors present, the Councillor may take no further part in debate\non the question before the meeting.\n12.8 Members not to interrupt\nNo member of the Council shall interrupt another member of the Council whilst speaking unless—\n(a) to raise a point of order; or\n(b) to call attention to the absence of a quorum.\n12.9 Re-opening discussion on resolutions\nNo member of the Council shall re-open discussion on any resolution of the Council, except for the\npurpose of moving that the resolution be revoked or changed.\n12.10 Chairs right to adjourn without explanation to regain order\n(1) If a meeting ceases to operate in an orderly manner, the Presiding Member may use discretion to\nadjourn the meeting for a period of up to fifteen minutes without explanation, for the purpose of\nregaining order.\n(2) This action cannot be challenged by any member of Council.\n(3) Upon resumption, debate will continue at the point at which the meeting was adjourned.\n(4) If at any one meeting, the Presiding Member has cause to adjourn the meeting on two occasions,\nthe Presiding Member has the right to adjourn the meeting for a period of no longer than seven days.\n\n1620 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 May 2018\nPART 13—PROCEDURES FOR DEBATES ON MOTIONS\n13.1 Motions to be read\nAny member of the Council who intends to submit a substantive motion or amendment to a\nsubstantive motion shall read the text before speaking to it.\n13.2 To be seconded\nNo motion or amendment to a substantive motion shall be in order, or be open to debate until it has\nbeen seconded.\n13.3 Only one substantive motion considered\nWhen a substantive motion is under debate at any meeting of the Council, no further substantive\nmotion shall be accepted.\n13.4 Order of call in debate\nThe Presiding Member will call speakers to a substantive motion in the following order—\n(a) The mover to state the motion;\n(b) A seconder to the motion;\n(c) The mover to speak the motion;\n(d) The seconder to speak the motion;\n(e) A speaker against the motion;\n(f) A speaker for the motion;\n(g) Other speakers against and for the motion, alternating in view, if any; and\n(h) Mover takes right of reply which closes debate.\n13.5 Limit of debate\nThe Presiding Member may offer the right of reply and put the motion to the vote if the Presiding\nMember believes sufficient discussion has taken place even though all Councillors may not have\nspoken.\n13.6 Seconder requesting right to speak\nA seconder may request the right to speak at a later time in debate, however the moving of any\nprocedural motion which will close debate, or any amendment to the substantive motion is carried\nwill automatically deny the seconder the right to speak to the substantive motion.\nPART 14—PROCEDURAL MOTIONS\n14.1 Permissible procedural motions\nIn addition to the right to move an amendment to a substantive motion a Member may move the\nfollowing procedural motions—\n(a) that the meeting proceed to the next item of business;\n(b) that the debate be adjourned;\n(c) that the meeting now adjourn;\n(d) that the question be now put;\n(e) that the Member be no longer heard;\n(f) that the ruling of the Presiding Member be disagreed with;\n(g) that the meeting be closed to the public; or\n(h) that the motion lie on the table.\n14.2 No debate\n(1) The mover of a motion specified in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (f), (g) or (h) of clause 14.1 may speak to\nthe motion for not more than 2 minutes, the seconder is not to speak other than to formally second the\nmotion, and there is to be no debate on the motion.\n(2) The mover of a motion specified in paragraph (d) or (e) of clause 14.1 may not speak to the motion,\nthe seconder is not to speak other than to formally second the motion, and there is to be no debate on\nthe motion.\n14.3 Who may move\nNo person who has moved, seconded, or spoken for or against the substantive motion, or any\namendment to the substantive motion, may move any procedural motion which, if carried, would close\nthe debate on the substantive motion or amendment.\n14.4 Procedural motions—right of reply on substantive motion\nThe carrying of a procedural motion which closes debate on the substantive motion or amendment\nand forces a decision on the substantive motion or amendment does not deny the right of reply to the\nmover of the substantive motion.\n\n22 May 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1621\n14.5 Meeting to proceed to the next item of business\nThe motion “that the meeting proceed to the next business”, if carried, has the effect that—\n(a) the debate on the substantive motion or amendment ceases immediately;\n(b) no decision is made on the substantive motion;\n(c) the Council moves to the next item of business; and\n(d) there is no requirement for the matter to be raised again for consideration.\n14.6 Debate to be adjourned\nA motion “that the debate be adjourned”—\n(a) is to state the time to which the debate is to be adjourned; and\n(b) if carried, has the effect that all debate on the substantive motion or amendment ceases\nimmediately, but continues at the time stated in the motion.\n14.7 Meeting now adjourn\n(1) A Member is not to move or second more than one motion of adjournment during the same sitting\nof the Council.\n(2) Before putting the motion for the adjournment of the Council, the Presiding Member may seek\nleave of the Council to deal first with matters that may be the subject of an adoption by exception\nresolution.\n(3) A motion “that the meeting now adjourn”—\n(a) is to state the time and date to which the meeting is to be adjourned; and\n(b) if carried, has the effect that the meeting is adjourned to the time and date specified in the\nmotion.\n(4) A meeting adjourned under subclause (3) is to continue from the point at which it was adjourned,\nunless the Presiding Member or the Council determines otherwise.\n14.8 Question to be put\n(1) If the motion “that the question be now put”, is carried during debate on a substantive motion\nwithout amendment, the Presiding Member is to offer the right of reply and then put the motion to\nthe vote without further debate.\n(2) If the motion “that the question be now put” is carried during discussion of an amendment, the\nPresiding Member is to put the amendment to the vote without further debate.\n(3) This motion, if lost, causes debate to continue.\n14.9 Member to be no longer heard\nIf the motion “that the member be no longer heard”, is carried, the speaker against whom the motion\nhas been moved cannot speak further on the current substantive motion, or any amendment relating\nto it, except to exercise the right of reply if he or she is the mover of the substantive motion.\n14.10 Ruling of the Presiding Member to be disagreed with\nIf the motion “that the ruling of the Presiding Member be disagreed with” is carried, that ruling is to\nhave no effect and the meeting is to proceed accordingly.\nPART 15—EFFECT OF PROCEDURAL MOTIONS\n15.1 That the Council proceed to the next business\n(1) This motion, having been carried, will cease the debate to cease immediately and for the Council to\nmove to the next item on the Agenda of the meeting.\n(2) No decision will be made on the substantive motion being discussed, nor is there any requirement\nfor the matter to be placed on any future notice paper.\n15.2 That the question be adjourned\nThis motion, having been carried, will cause all debate on the substantive motion or amendment to\ncease but to continue when the discussion is reconvened.\n15.3 That the Council do now adjourn\nThis motion, having been carried, will cause the meeting to stand adjourned until it is re-opened at\nwhich time the meeting continues from the point at which it was adjourned, unless the Presiding\nMember or the majority of Councillors upon vote, determine otherwise.\n15.4 That the question be now put\n(1) This motion, having been carried during discussion on a substantive motion without amendment,\nwill cause the Presiding Member to offer the right of reply and then immediately put the question\nunder consideration without further debate.\n(2) This motion, having been carried during discussion on an amendment, will cause the Presiding\nMember to put the amendment to the vote without further debate.\n(3) This motion, having been lost, will allow debate to continue.\n\n1622 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 May 2018\n15.5 That the Councillor be no longer heard\nThis motion, having been carried, will cause the Presiding Member to not allow the speaker against\nwhom the motion has been moved to speak to the current substantive motion or any amendment\nrelating to it, except to exercise the right of reply if the person is the mover of the substantive motion.\n15.6 That the ruling of the Presiding Member be disagreed with\n(1) This motion, having been carried, will cause the ruling of the Presiding Member about which this\nmotion was moved, to be reversed and for the meeting to proceed accordingly.\n(2) Where the Presiding Member has given the ruling in strict accordance with the Act, this motion\nmay not be moved.\n(3) Where the Presiding Member has adjourned the meeting in accordance with Clause 12.10 of these\nlocal laws, this motion may not be moved.\n15.7 That the motion lie on the table\n(1) This motion, having been carried, will cause debate on the substantive motion and any\namendment to cease immediately and for the meeting to proceed to the next business.\n(2) Any Councillor may raise the motion from the table, by giving appropriate notice of motion for any\nmeeting in the future.\n(3) When a motion is raised from the table, the mover of the original substantive motion, or in the\nabsence of the original mover, the person moving this procedural motion, is given the opportunity to\nreintroduce the matter after which debate shall continue according to these local laws.\n15.8 That the meeting be closed to the public\nIn accordance with the Act and Clause 6.2 of this local law, this motion, if carried, will cause the\ngeneral public and any officers or employees the Council determines, to leave the room.\nPART 16—DECISION MAKING PROCEDURES\n16.1 Voting and decisions-majority to determine\nAll acts of the Council, and all questions coming before the Council, may be decided by a simple\nmajority of the members of the Council present within the Council Chamber, and voting, at a properly\nconstituted meeting, unless otherwise provided for in the Act or these local laws.\n16.2 Breaking down of complex questions\nThe Presiding Member may order a complex question to be broken down and put in the form of\nseveral motions, which shall be put in sequence.\n16.3 Member may require questions to be read\nAny member of the Council may require the question or matter under discussion to be read at any\ntime during a debate, but not so as to interrupt any other member whilst speaking.\n16.4 Order of amendments\nAny number of amendments may be proposed to a motion, but whenever an amendment is made upon\na substantive motion, no second or subsequent amendment shall be moved or considered until the\nfirst amendment has been disposed of.\n16.5 Substantive motion\nIf an amendment to a substantive motion is carried, the motion as amended shall then be submitted\nas the substantive motion, and shall become the question before the Council upon which any member\nmay speak and any further amendment may be moved.\n16.6 Repetition of motions\nNo motion or amendment shall be proposed which is the same in substance as a motion or\namendment which has been resolved during the same sitting of the Council, except by agreement of\nthe majority of Councillors present.\n16.7 Consent of seconder required to accept alteration of wording\nThe mover of a substantive motion may not alter the wording of the motion without the consent of the\nseconder.\n16.8 Withdrawal of motion and amendments\nCouncil may, without debate, grant leave to withdraw a motion or amendment upon request of the\nmover of the motion or amendment and with the approval of the seconder provided that there is no\nvoice expressed to the contrary view by any Councillor, in which case discussion on the motion or\namendment shall continue.\n16.9 Limitation of withdrawal\nWhere an amendment has been proposed to a substantive motion, the substantive motion shall not be\nwithdrawn, except by consent of the majority of members of the Council present, until the\namendment proposed has been withdrawn or lost.\n16.10 Authority for withdrawal\nA motion or amendment to a motion shall not be withdrawn in the absence of any member of the\nCouncil who proposed it, except with their written authority.\n\n22 May 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1623\n16.11 Right of reply\n(1) The mover of a substantive motion shall have the right of reply and after the mover of the\nsubstantive motion has commenced the reply, no other member of the Council shall speak on the\nquestion.\n(2) The right of reply must be confined to rebutting arguments raised by previous speakers and no\nnew matter may be introduced.\n16.12 Right of reply provisions\nThe right of reply shall be governed by the following provisions—\n(a) If there is no amendment to the substantive motion, the mover may reply at the conclusion of\nthe discussion on the motion;\n(b) If there is an amendment, the mover of the substantive motion shall take the right of reply at\nthe conclusion of the vote on any amendments;\n(c) The mover of any amendment does not have the right of reply; or\n(d) Once the right of reply has been taken, there can be no further discussion, nor any other\namendment and the substantive motion as amended is immediately put to the vote.\n16.13 Motions and amendments-to be in writing\nEvery substantive motion or amendment, but not procedural motions, shall, when requested by the\nPresiding Member, be written and shall be signed by the proposer and provided to the Presiding\nMember and the CEO immediately upon being seconded.\n16.14 Amendments to be relevant\nEvery amendment shall be relevant to the motion upon which it is moved, and be framed to show\nprecisely which words need to be deleted.\n16.15 Amendments must not negate original motion\nNo amendment to a motion can be moved which negates the original motion or the intent of the\noriginal motion.\n16.16 Mover of motion not to speak on amendment\nOn an amendment being moved, any member may speak to the amendment, except the person who\nmoved the substantive motion who is only entitled to a right of reply except, that if the person who\nmoved the substantive motion does choose to speak to the amendment, their right of reply is forfeited.\n16.17 Question-when put\nWhen the debate upon any question is concluded and the right of reply has been exercised the\nPresiding Member shall immediately put the question to the Council, and, if so requested by any\nmember of the Council, shall again state it.\n16.18 Question-method of putting\nIf a decision is not clear or in doubt, the Presiding Member shall put the question as often as\nnecessary to determine the decision from a show of hands or other method agreed upon by Council as\ndetermined by clause 12.1 before declaring the decision which shall be final unless a call for a\nrecording of votes is received, as provided for in Clause 16.19 of these local laws.\n16.19 Recording of votes\n(1) The number of votes for and against a motion at a meeting is to be recorded in the minutes of that\nmeeting.\n(2) A member of the Council or committee may request that his or her vote, whether in the affirmative\nor negative be recorded in the minutes.\n16.20 Revoking decisions-when this can occur\n(1) A substantive motion may be revoked at any time provided that no action in relation to the\nresolution being rescinded has already occurred.\n(2) If a decision has been made at a Council or a committee meeting then any motion to revoke or\nchange the decision must be supported—\n(a) in the case where an attempt to revoke or change the decision has been made within the\nprevious three months but had failed, by an absolute majority; or\n(b) in any other case, by at least one third of the number of offices (whether vacant or not) of\nmembers of the Council or committee, inclusive of the mover.\n(3) If a decision has been made at a Council or a committee meeting then any decision to revoke or\nchange the first-mentioned decision must be made—\n(a) in the case where the decision to be revoked or changed was required to be made by an\nabsolute majority or by a special majority, by that kind of majority; or\n(b) in any other case, by an absolute majority.\n(4) This clause does not apply to the change of a decision unless the effect of the change would be that\nthe decision would be revoked or would become substantially different.\n\n1624 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 May 2018\nPART 17—POINTS OF ORDER\n17.1 Points of order—When to raise\n(1) Upon a matter of order arising during the progress of a debate, any member of the Council may\nraise a point of order including interrupting the speaker.\n(2) Any member of the Council who is speaking when a point of order is raised, shall immediately\ncease speaking while the Presiding Member listens to the point of order.\n17.2 Points of order—Definitions\nExpressing a difference of opinion or to contradict a speaker shall not be recognised as raising a point\nof order, but the following shall be recognised as valid points of order—\n(a) That the discussion is of a question not before the Council;\n(b) That offensive or insulting language is being used; or\n(c) Drawing attention to the violation of any local laws of the Council, providing that the member\nrising to the point of order shall state the local law believed to be breached.\n17.3 Points of order—Ruling\nThe Presiding Member shall give a decision on any point of order after the point has been raised by\neither upholding or rejecting the point of order.\n17.4 Points of order—Ruling conclusive, unless dissent motion is moved\nThe ruling of the Presiding Member upon any question of order shall be final, unless a majority of the\nmembers of the Council support a motion of dissent with the ruling.\n17.5 Points of order—Motion against ruling procedure\n(1) An objection having been taken to the ruling of the Presiding Member, the Councillor so objecting\nmay immediately move dissent with the ruling.\n(2) Should the motion be seconded, it shall be put to the vote immediately and the result of the vote,\nwhether in support of the ruling or otherwise, shall determine the action of the Council.\n17.6 Points of order take precedence\nNotwithstanding anything contained in these local laws to the contrary, all points of order take\nprecedence over any other discussion and until decided, suspend the consideration and decision of\nevery other question.\nPART 18—ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING\n18.1 Meeting may be adjourned\nThe Council may, upon a motion moved and seconded, adjourn any meeting to a later hour of the\nsame day, or to any other time not more than seven days from the date of the adjournment.\n18.2 Notice of adjourned meeting\nWhen a meeting is adjourned, if time permits, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be forwarded to\neach member in the manner provided in Clause 2.1.\n18.3 Business at adjourned meeting\nAt an adjourned meeting, no additional business shall be discussed except that which was on the\noriginal notice paper for that meeting.\n18.4 Limit to moving adjournment of Council\nNo member of the Council shall be allowed to move or second more than one motion of adjournment\nduring the same sitting of the Council.\n18.5 Withdrawal of motion for adjournment of Council\nA motion or an amendment relating to the adjournment of the Council may be withdrawn by the\nmover, with the consent of the seconder, except that if any Councillor objects to the withdrawal, the\nmotion must continue to be debated.\nPART 19—PERSONAL EXPLANATION\n19.1 Personal explanation\n(1) No member of the Council shall speak, except under the question before the Council, unless it is to\nmake a personal explanation.\n(2) Any member of the Council who is permitted to speak under these circumstances must confine the\nobservations to a succinct statement relating to a specific part of the former speech which may have\nbeen misunderstood.\n(3) When a member of the Council wants to explain, no reference shall be made to matters\nunnecessary for that purpose.\n19.2 Personal explanation—When heard\nA member of the Council wishing to make a personal explanation of matters referred to by any\nmember of the Council then speaking shall be entitled to be heard immediately, if the member of the\nCouncil then speaking consents at the time, but if the member of the Council who is speaking declines\nto give way, the explanation must be offered at the conclusion of that speech.\n\n22 May 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1625\n19.3 Ruling on questions of personal explanation\nThe ruling of the Presiding Member on the admissibility of a personal explanation shall be final\nunless a motion of dissent with the ruling is moved before any other business proceeds.\nPART 20—COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL\n20.1 Committees\nCommittees of the Council shall operate in accordance with the Act and the Regulations.\n20.2 Establishment of committees\n(1) The establishment of committees is dealt with in the Act.\n(2) A Council resolution to establish a committee under section 5.8 of the Act is to include—\n(a) the terms of reference of the committee;\n(b) the number of council members, officers and other persons to be appointed to the committee;\n(c) the names or titles of the council members and officers to be appointed to the committee;\n(d) the names of other persons to be appointed to the committee or an explanation of the\nprocedure to be followed to determine the appointments; and\n(e) details of the delegation of any powers or duties to the committee under section 5.16 of the\nAct.\n20.3 Standing orders to apply to committees\nThese local laws shall apply generally to the proceedings of committees of the Council except that the\nrequirement for members to speak only once shall not be applied in meetings of committees.\nPART 21—SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDERS\n21.1 Suspension of Standing Orders\n(1) A member may at any time move that the operation of one or more of the provisions of this local\nlaw be suspended.\n(2) A member moving a motion under subclause (1) is to state the reasons for the motion but no other\ndiscussion are to take place.\n(3) A motion under subclause (1) which is—\n(a) seconded; and\n(b) carried by an absolute majority,\nis to suspend the operation of the clause or clauses to which the motion relates for the duration of the\nmeeting, unless the meeting earlier resolves otherwise.\n21.2 Where local law does not apply\n(1) In situations where—\n(a) one or more provisions of this local law have been suspended; or\n(b) a matter is not regulated by the Act, the Regulations or these local laws,\nthe Presiding Member is to decide questions relating to the conduct of the meeting.\n(2) The decision of the Presiding Member under subclause (1) is final, except where a motion is moved\nand carried under clause 7.4.\n21.3 Cases not provided for in local law\n(1) The Presiding Member is to decide questions of order, procedure, debate, or otherwise in cases\nwhere this local law, the Act or the Regulations are silent.\n(2) The decision of the Presiding Member in these cases is final, except where a motion is moved and\ncarried under clause 7.4.\nPART 22—ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS\n22.1 Custody and use of the common seal\n(1) The CEO shall have charge of the common seal of the Council, and shall be responsible for the safe\ncustody and proper use of it.\n(2) The use of the common seal is dealt with in the Act.\n22.2 Custody of corporate property\nThe custody of all property whatsoever belonging to, or held in trust by the Council shall be in the\nCEO, who shall be responsible to the Council therefore.\n22.3 Duty of Chief Executive Officer\nIt is the duty of the CEO to draw the attention of the Council to any breach or likely breach of these\nlocal laws even if it requires interrupting any person speaking, including the Presiding Member.\n\n1626 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 May 2018\nPART 23—ENFORCEMENT\n23.1 Penalty for breach\nA person who breaches a provision of this local law commits an offence.\nPenalty: $1,000.00 and a daily penalty of $500.00.\n23.2 Who can prosecute\nWho can prosecute is dealt with in the Act.\n————\nThe Common Seal of the Shire of Dundas was affixed by authority of a resolution of Council in the\npresence of—\nLAURENE BONZA, Shire President.\nDOUG STEAD, Chief Executive Officer.\nDated: 16 May 2018.\n———————————","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The local law replaces earlier Standing Orders (Shire of Dundas Local Law No.1—Standing Orders 1997, clause 1.5) and repeals several older Road Board by‑laws (Repeal Local Law 2018, clause 3(a)–(d)). It therefore broadens and modernises the formal meeting code by consolidating notice, debate, voting, committee and closure rules, adding an explicit penalty provision (clause 23.1) and clarifying CEO/Presiding Member authorities (clauses 6.2, 7.1, 22.3)."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross-reference to the Local Government Act 1995 and Regulations (clauses 1.3, 1.4, 21.2) creating layered compliance obligations","Numerous procedural motions and exceptions with interdependent effects (Parts 13–16, 14.1–14.4, 15.1–15.8)","Multiple decision‑points granting discretion to the Presiding Member and CEO (clauses 6.2, 7.1, 21.2, 22.3)","Detailed timing and notice rules for members, public participation and minutes (clauses 2.1, 2.4–2.6, 4.1–4.3, 6.3)","Complex voting and revocation rules including absolute, simple and special majority requirements (clauses 1.4 definitions, 16.1, 16.20)","Enforcement and penalty regime with monetary and daily fines (clause 23.1) increasing compliance risk for individuals","Committee establishment and delegation rules that require precise council resolutions (clauses 20.2–20.3)","Restrictions on recording and public access balanced against meeting closure powers (clauses 4.3, 6.2, 6.5)","Procedural constraints on councillor speech (time limits, single-speech rule) that affect meeting dynamics (clauses 12.4–12.5, 12.7)"],"plain_english_summary":"This local law sets the detailed rules for how the Shire of Dundas Council, its committees and electors’ meetings are run: notice and agenda requirements, order of business, public question time, speaking limits, voting and minutes, committee procedures, and when meetings may be closed. It affects councillors, officers and members of the public; procedural questions are decided by the Presiding Member or CEO, breaches can attract fines (up to $1,000 plus $500 daily) and the rules change notice, speaking and voting behaviour at meetings."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains focused on its original purpose of establishing meeting procedures for the Shire of Dundas. While it consolidates and modernises previous standing orders and repeals outdated parking by-laws, it has not expanded beyond the governance and procedural scope typical of local government standing orders. The repeal of the four historical by-laws represents a narrowing rather than expansion of scope."},"complexity_factors":["23 distinct Parts with 80+ clauses, creating a lengthy and highly structured document","18 defined terms in the interpretation section (clause 1.4), including technical concepts like 'absolute majority' vs 'simple majority' and 'substantive motion'","Extensive cross-referencing to the Local Government Act 1995 and Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996 throughout","Nested conditional logic in voting procedures (e.g., clause 16.20 on revoking decisions has multiple tiers of majority requirements depending on timing and original decision type)","Detailed procedural rules with multiple exceptions (e.g., clause 12.4 limits speeches to once per motion, but then lists four exceptions; clause 16.16 restricts the mover from speaking on amendments but creates a forfeiture exception)","Duplication between Parts 14 and 15 (Procedural Motions and Effect of Procedural Motions) which repeat similar content with slightly different phrasing","Complex amendment rules requiring relevance, precise wording for deletions, and prohibitions on negating original intent (clauses 16.14-16.16)"],"plain_english_summary":"The Shire of Dundas Standing Orders replace the 1997 rules and repeal four obsolete 1940s–50s parking by‑laws, setting how council meetings are run, who may speak, and when the public can participate. They bind councillors, the Shire President and CEO, staff, and residents—covering notice, debate limits, order‑keeping powers, public question time, and document access.\n\nThe rules aim to keep meetings fair, efficient and transparent; breaches can attract fines up to $1,000 and $500 per day for continuing offences."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/standing-orders-local-law-2018","history":"/api/acts/standing-orders-local-law-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/standing-orders-local-law-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/standing-orders-local-law-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/standing-orders-local-law-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/standing-orders-local-law-2018/documents"}}