3582GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 October 2020

3582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7 October 2020 3. Attendance 3.1 Apologies 3.2 Approved leave of absence 4. Declaration of interest 5. Public Question Time 5.1 Response to previous public questions taken on notice 5.2 Public question time 6. Applications for leave of absence 7. Confirmation of minutes 8. Presentations 8.1 Petitions 8.2 Presentations 8.3 Deputations 8.4 Delegates’ reports 9. Method of dealing with agenda business 10. Reports 11. Motions of which previous notice has been given 12. Questions from Members without notice 13. New business of an urgent nature introduced by decision of the meeting 14. Meeting closed to public 14.1 Matters for which the meeting may be closed 14.2 Public reading of resolutions that may be made public 15. Closure (2) Unless otherwise decided by the Council, the order of business at any special meeting of the Council is to be the order in which that business stands in the agenda of the meeting. (3) In determining the order of business for any meeting of the Council, the provisions of the Act and Regulations relating to the time at which public question time is to be held are to be observed. [See section 5.24 of the Act; and regulations 6 and 7 of the Regulations] 5.3 Motions of which previous notice has been given (1) Unless the Act, Regulations or this local law otherwise provide, a Member may raise at a meeting such business as he or she considers appropriate, in the form of a motion, of which notice has been given in writing to the CEO and which has been included on the agenda. (2) A notice of motion under subclause (1) is to be given at least 7 clear working days before the meeting at which the motion is moved. (3) A notice of motion is to relate to the good governance of the district. (4) The CEO— (a) may, with the concurrence of the President, exclude from the notice paper any notice of motion deemed to be, or likely to involve, a breach of any of this local law or any other written law; (b) will inform Members on each occasion that a notice has been excluded and the reasons for that exclusion; (c) may, after consultation with the Member where this is practicable, make such amendments to the form but not the substance as will bring the notice of motion into due form; and (d) may provide to the Council relevant and material facts and circumstances pertaining to the notice of motion on such matters as policy, budget and law. (5) A motion of which notice has been given is to lapse unless— (a) the Member who gave notice of it, or some other Member authorised by the originating Member in writing, moves the motion when called on; or (b) the Council on a motion agrees to defer consideration of the motion to a later stage or date. (6) If a notice of motion is given and lapses under subclause (5), notice of a motion in the same terms or to the same effect is not to be given again for at least 3 months from the date of such lapse. 5.4 New business of an urgent nature (1) In cases of extreme urgency or other special circumstances, matters may, on a motion by the Presiding Member that is carried by the meeting, be raised without notice and decided by the meeting. (2) In subclause (1), ‘cases of extreme urgency or other special circumstances’ means matters that have arisen after the preparation of the agenda that are considered by the Presiding Member to be of such importance and urgency that they are unable to be dealt with administratively by the local government and must be considered and dealt with by the Council before the next meeting. 5.5 Adoption by exception resolution (1) In this clause ‘adoption by exception resolution’ means a resolution of the Council that has the effect of adopting, for a number of specifically identified reports, the officer recommendation as the Council resolution. (2) Subject to subclause (3), the local government may pass an adoption by exception resolution. (3) An adoption by exception resolution may not be used for a matter— (a) that requires an absolute majority;