Part 19ENFORCEMENT

PART 19—ENFORCEMENT 19.1 Penalty for breach 19.2 Who can prosecute

8 August 2016 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3409 Under the powers conferred by the Local Government Act 1995 and under all other relevant powers, the Council of the Shire of Narrogin resolved on 12 July 2016 to adopt the following local law. This local law may be cited as the Shire of Narrogin Meeting Procedures Local Law 2016. The local law comes into operation 14 days after the date of its publication in the Government Gazette. This local law provides rules and guidelines which apply to the conduct of meetings of the Council, its committees and to meetings of electors. The Town of Narrogin Standing Orders Local Law published in the Government Gazette on 14 August 1998 is repealed. (1) In this local law unless the context otherwise requires— absolute majority has the meaning given to it in section 1.4 of the Act; Act means the Local Government Act 1995; 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 local government; meeting means a meeting of the Council or a committee, as the context requires; member has the meaning given to it in section 1.4 of the Act; Minister means the Minister for Local Government; officer means an officer of the local government; President means the President of the local government or other presiding member at a Council meeting under section 5.6 of 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; simple majority means more than 50% of the members present and voting; and substantive motion means an original motion or an original motion as amended, but does not include an amendment or a procedural motion. (2) 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. PART 2—ESTABLISHMENT AND MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEES 2.1 Establishment of committees (1) The establishment of committees is dealt with in section 5.8 of the Act.