153Procedural motions

153 Procedural motions (1) A member at a meeting may, during the debate of a matter, move, as a procedural motion, that: (a) the question be put; (b) the debate be adjourned; (c) the meeting proceed to the next item of business; (d) the meeting stand adjourned; (e) the question lie on the table; or

Katherine Town Council By-laws 1998 76 (f) the council be resolved into committee of the whole. (2) A procedural motion that the question be put may be moved if not less than 2 members have spoken for and not less than 2 members have spoken against the motion before the meeting, or an amendment to the motion, and the procedural motion is moved by a member who has not spoken in the debate of the motion or an amendment to the motion. (3) Where a motion put under clause (2) is: (a) carried, the Mayor must immediately put the question to the motion or the amendment to the motion; or (b) lost, debate on the motion or the amendment to the motion is to continue. (4) A procedural motion that the debate be adjourned may specify a time or date, within the limits specified in clause (6), to which the debate will be adjourned or, where the motion specifies no date a further motion may be moved, as a procedural motion, to specify the a time or date to which the debate will be adjourned. (5) Where, under clause (4), no date or time is specified to which a debate will be adjourned, the matter to which the procedural motion relates is to be included in the business paper for the next ordinary (6) A procedural motion under clause (4) is not to adjourn debate on the motion to a date that is more than 2 months after the date of the procedural motion. (7) Where a procedural motion that the meeting proceed to the next item of business is carried, debate on the motion is to cease and the matter is to be removed from the business paper and may only be considered again by the council on the giving of notice in accordance with this Part. (8) A procedural motion that the meeting stands adjourned may be moved by a member at the conclusion of debate on a matter on the business paper or at the conclusion of a member's time for speaking to a matter and is, on being seconded, to be put without debate. (9) Where a procedural motion under clause (8) is lost the Mayor is not bound to accept a similar motion until the expiration of 30 minutes after the time the motion was lost. (10) A procedural motion that the meeting stands adjourned is to specify a time for the resumption of the meeting unless a time has

Katherine Town Council By-laws 1998 77 previously been resolved, and on resumption of the meeting the council is to continue with the business before the meeting at the point where it was discontinued on the adjournment of the meeting. (11) A procedural motion that the question lie on the table is to only be moved where: (a) the Mayor or a member requires additional information on the matter before the meeting; or (b) the result of some other action of the council or person is required before the matter may be concluded at a meeting. (12) Where a procedural motion under clause (11) is passed the council is to proceed with the next matter on the business paper. (13) A motion that a question be taken from the table may be moved in respect of a matter the subject of a procedural motion under clause (11) at the meeting at which the procedural motion was carried or at a later meeting. (14) Where a procedural motion that the council be resolved into committee of the whole is passed, the council is to immediately go into committee and consideration of the matter that was before the council at the time of the procedural motion is to continue in committee and is to not be considered further by the council except on the report of the committee of the whole. (15) A procedural motion referred to in clause (1) may be moved at the conclusion of a speaker's time and the Mayor must, on the motion being moved and seconded, immediately put the motion without permitting debate on the motion. (16) Where a procedural motion referred to in clause (1)(a), (b) or (c) is lost, the member who moved the motion may not, until after the expiration of 10 minutes after the motion was put, move a similar motion.