5182GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 November 2016

5182 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 November 2016 15.7 Points of order take precedence Notwithstanding anything contained in this local law to the contrary, all points of order take precedence over any other discussion and until decided, suspend the consideration and decision of every other matter. 15.8 Precedence of Presiding Member (1) When the Presiding Member rises during the progress of a debate, any member of the Council or Committee then speaking, or offering to speak, is to immediately sit down and every member of the Council or Committee present shall preserve strict silence so that the Presiding Member may be heard without interruption. (2) Subclause (1) is not to be used by the Presiding Member to exercise the right provided in clause 9.3, but to preserve order. 15.9 Right of the Presiding Member to adjourn without explanation to regain order (a) If a meeting ceases to operate in an orderly manner, the Presiding Member may use discretion to adjourn the meeting for a period of up to 15 minutes without explanation, for the purpose of regaining order. (b) Upon resumption, debate is to continue at the point at which the meeting was adjourned. (c) If, at any one meeting, the Presiding Member has cause to further adjourn the meeting, such adjournment may be to a later time on the same day or to any other day. (d) Where debate of a motion is interrupted by an adjournment under subclause (a), in the case of a Council meeting— (i) the names of members who have spoken in the matter prior to the adjournment are to be recorded; and (ii) the provisions of clause 9.5 apply when the debate is resumed. PART 16—ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING 16.1 Meeting may be adjourned The Council or a Committee may decide to adjourn any meeting to a later time on the same day, or to any other day. 16.2 Limit to moving adjournment No member is to move or second more than one motion of adjournment during the same sitting of the Council or Committee. 16.3 Unopposed business—motion for adjournment On a motion for the adjournment of the Council or Committee, the Presiding Member, before putting the motion, may seek leave of the Council or Committee to proceed to the transaction of unopposed business. 16.4 Withdrawal of motion for adjournment A motion or an amendment relating to the adjournment of the Council or a Committee may be withdrawn by the mover, with the consent of the seconder, except that if any member objects to the withdrawal, debate of the motion is to continue. 16.5 Time to which adjourned The time to which a meeting is adjourned for want of a quorum, by the Presiding Member to regain order, or by decision of the Council, may be to a specified hour on a particular day or to a time which coincides with the conclusion of another meeting or event on a particular day. PART 17—COMMITTEES OF THE COUNCIL 17.1 Establishment and appointment of Committees A Committee is not to be established except on a motion setting out the proposed functions of the Committee and either— (a) the names of the Council members, employees and other persons to be appointed to the Committee; or (b) the number of Council members, employees and other persons to be appointed to the Committee and a provision that they be appointed by a separate motion. 17.2 Appointment of deputy Committee members (1) The Council may appoint one or more persons to be the deputy or deputies, as the case may be, to act on behalf of a member of a Committee whenever that member is unable to be present at a meeting thereof and where two or more deputies are so appointed they are to have seniority in the order determined by the Council. (2) Where a member of a Committee does not attend a meeting thereof a deputy of that member, selected according to seniority, is entitled to attend that meeting in place of the member and act for the member, and while so acting has all the powers of that member.