Part 1PRELIMINARY

PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1.1 Short Title In the clauses to follow, The City of Cockburn Standing Orders Local Law 2016 is referred to as “this local law”. 1.2 Application The proceedings and business of the Council must be conducted according to this local law. 1.3 Interpretation In this local law, unless the context otherwise requires— absolute majority means a majority comprising enough of the members for the time being of the council for their number to be more than 50% of the number of offices (whether vacant or not) of member of the Council; Act means the Local Government Act 1995; agenda paper in relation to any proposed meeting means a paper setting out the terms of business to be transacted at the meeting and the order of that business; business papers in relation to any proposed meeting means the agenda paper for that meeting and details relating to any other business for the proposed meeting; CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the City of Cockburn; committee means any committee appointed in accordance with the provisions of Part 5 Division 2, subdivision 2 of the Act; Council means the Council of the City of Cockburn; councillor means a council member of the City of Cockburn excluding the Mayor; local government means the City of Cockburn; Mayor unless the context otherwise requires, means the Mayor elected by the electors of the district; meeting includes any ordinary or special meeting of the Council or of a committee held pursuant to the Act; member means the Mayor or any councillor; minor amendment in relation to a motion to amend another motion (“the primary motion”) shall be one which does not alter the primary or basic intent of the primary motion as determined by the person presiding at the meeting; negatived motion means a motion which, having been voted upon, is declared as lost; Officer means an officer of the local government; ordinary meeting has the meaning given to that term in clause 2.2; presiding member means the presiding member of a meeting or the deputy presiding member, or a member when performing a function of the presiding member in accordance with the Act; procedural motion means a motion as described in clause 11.1; recommendation refers to the recommended outcome on any item presented to a Council or committee meeting for consideration or a recommended outcome forwarded by a committee for Council consideration; Regulation means the Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996; simple majority is more than 50% of the members present and voting;

4076 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 September 2016 special majority means a majority comprising enough of the members for the time being of the council for their number to more than 75% of the number of offices (whether vacant or not) of member of the council; special meeting has the meaning given to that term in clause 2.2; substantive motion means an original motion or an original motion as amended, but does not include an amendment or a procedural motion; and urgent business means business dealt with in accordance with the provisions of clause 4.11. 1.4 Repeal “The City of Cockburn Standing Orders Local Law as published in the Government Gazette on