General Amendment Local Law 2016
Part 19ENFORCEMENT
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PART 19—ENFORCEMENT 19.1 Penalty for breach 19.2 Who can prosecute
22 March 2017 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1767 Under the powers conferred by the Local Government Act 1995 and under all other relevant powers, the Shire of Moora resolved on 7 December 2016 to make the following local law. This local law may be cited as the Shire of Moora Local Government (Council Meetings) Local Law 2016. 1.3 Application and intent (1) These Local Laws provide rules and guidelines which apply to the conduct of meetings of the Council and its committees and to meetings of electors. (2) All meetings are to be conducted in accordance with the Act, the Regulations and these Local Laws. (3) These Local Laws are 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) more efficient and effective use of time at meetings. (1) In these Local Laws unless the context otherwise requires— absolute majority has the meaning given to it in the Act; 75% majority has the meaning given to it in the Act; CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the Local Government; 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 Shire of Moora; Local Government means the Shire of Moora; meeting means a meeting of the Council or a committee, as the context requires; Member has the meaning given to it in the Act; officer means an employee as defined in the Act or another person engaged by the Local Government in a contractual relationship; 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.