Part 18ENFORCEMENT

PART 18—ENFORCEMENT 18.1 Penalty for breach 18.2 Who can prosecute

23 March 2020 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 659 COUNCIL MEETING PROCEDURES LOCAL LAW 2020 Under the powers conferred by the Local Government Act 1995 and under all other powers enabling it, the Council of the Town of Bassendean resolved on 25 February 2020 to make the following Local Law. This Local Law may be cited as the Town of Bassendean Council Meeting Procedures Local Law 2020. This Local Law comes into operation 14 days after the date of its publication in the Government Gazette. 1.3 Purpose and effect (1) This Local Law is to provide the rules for the conduct of meetings of the Council, Committees and Electors. (2) The effect of this Local Law is intended to result in— (a) better decision making by the Council and committees; (b) the orderly conduct of meetings dealing with Council business; (c) better understanding of the process of conducting meetings; and (d) the more efficient and effective use of time at meetings. 1.4 Application All meetings of the Council, Committees and the electors are to be conducted in accordance with the Act, the Regulations and the Local Law. 1.5 Interpretation (1) Unless otherwise defined in this Local Law, the terms and expressions used in this Local Law are to have the meaning given to them in the Act and Regulations. (2) In this Local Law unless the context otherwise requires— 75% majority has the meaning given to it in the Act; absolute majority has the meaning given to it in the Act; Act means the Local Government Act 1995; CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the Town of Bassendean; committee means a committee of the Council established under section 5.8 of the Act; committee meeting means a meeting of a committee; council means the Council of the Town of Bassendean; district means the District of the Local Government; local government means the Town of Bassendean; mayor means the mayor of the Town or other presiding member at a Council meeting under section 5.6 of the Act; meeting means a meeting of the Council or a committee, as the context requires; member has the meaning given to it in the Act; presiding member means— (a) in respect of the Council, the person presiding under section 5.6 of the Act; and (b) in respect of a committee, the person presiding under sections 5.12, 5.13, and 5.14 of the Act; regulations means the Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996 unless otherwise specified;