2150GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 12 April 2017

2150 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 12 April 2017 8.3 Titles to be used A speaker, when referring to the President, Deputy President or Presiding Member, or a Member or Officer, is to use the title of that person’s office. 8.4 Advice of entry or departure During the course of a meeting of the Council, a Member is not to enter or leave the meeting without first advising the Presiding Member, in order to facilitate the recording in the minutes of the time of entry or departure. 8.5 Members to indicate their intention to speak and to rise when speaking Every member of the Council wishing to speak is to indicate by show of hands or other method agreed upon by the Council. When invited by the person presiding to speak, members are to rise and address the Council through the person presiding, provided that where any member of the Council is unable to stand by reason of sickness or disability he or she may sit while speaking. 8.6 Priority of speaking (1) Where 2 or more Members indicate, at the same time, their intention to speak, the Presiding Member is to decide which Member is entitled to be heard first. (2) A decision of the Presiding Member under subclause (1) is not open to discussion or dissent. (3) A Member is to cease speaking immediately after being asked to do so by the Presiding Member. 8.7 Presiding Member may take part in debates The Presiding Member may take part in a discussion of any matter before the Council, subject to compliance with this local law. 8.8 Relevance (1) A Member is to restrict his or her remarks to the motion or amendment under discussion, or to a personal explanation or point of order. (2) The Presiding Member, at any time, may— (a) call the attention of the meeting to— (i) any irrelevant, repetitious, offensive or insulting language by a Member; or (ii) any breach of order by a Member; and (b) direct that Member, if speaking, to discontinue his or her speech. (3) A Member is to comply with the direction of the Presiding Member under subclause (2) by immediately ceasing to speak. 8.9 Speaking twice A Member is not to address the Council more than once on any motion or amendment except— (a) as the mover of a substantive motion, to exercise a right of reply; (b) to raise a point of order; or (c) to make a personal explanation. 8.10 Duration of speeches (1) A Member is not to speak on any matter for more than 5 minutes without the consent of the Council which, if given, is to be given without debate. (2) An extension under this clause cannot be given to allow a Member’s total speaking time to exceed 10 minutes. 8.11 No speaking after conclusion of debate A Member is not to speak on any motion or amendment— (a) after the mover has replied; or (b) after the question has been put. 8.12 No interruption A Member is not to interrupt another Member who is speaking unless— (a) to raise a point of order; (b) to call attention to the absence of a quorum; (c) to make a personal explanation under clause 8.13; or (d) to move a procedural motion that the Member be no longer heard under clause 11(1)(e). 8.13 Personal explanations (1) A Member who wishes to make a personal explanation relating to a matter referred to by another Member who is then speaking is to indicate to the Presiding Member his or her intention to make a personal explanation. (2) The Presiding Member is to determine whether the personal explanation is to be heard immediately or at the conclusion of the speech by the other Member. (3) A Member making a personal explanation is to confine his or her observations to a succinct statement relating to a specific part of the speech at which he or she may have been misunderstood.