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Local Government Act 1993
360Conduct of meetings of councils and committees
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#### 360 Conduct of meetings of councils and committees
360 Conduct of meetings of councils and committees
> > (1) The regulations may prescribe a model code of meeting practice for the conduct of meetings of councils and committees of councils of which all the members are councillors.
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> > (2) The model code may contain both mandatory and non-mandatory provisions.
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> > (3) A council must, not later than 12 months after an ordinary election of councillors, adopt a code of meeting practice that incorporates the mandatory provisions of the model code prescribed by the regulations. The adopted code may also incorporate the non-mandatory provisions and other provisions.
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> > (4) A code adopted or amended by the council must not contain provisions that are inconsistent with the mandatory provisions.
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> > (5) A council and a committee of the council of which all the members are councillors must conduct its meetings in accordance with the code of meeting practice adopted by it.
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> **s 360:** Subst 2016 No 38, Sch 1 \[25\].