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60 Governance Rules
(1) A Council must develop, adopt and keep in force Governance Rules for or with respect to the following—
S. 60(1)(a) amended by No. 13/2022 s. 40(a).
(a) the conduct of Council meetings (including holding Council meetings by electronic means of communication);
S. 60(1)(b) amended by No. 13/2022 s. 40(b).
(b) the conduct of meetings of delegated committees (including holding meetings of delegated committees by electronic means of communication);
S. 60(1)(ba) inserted by No. 13/2022 s. 40(c).
(ba) requesting and approval of attendance at Council meetings and meetings of delegated committees by electronic means of communication;
(c) the form and availability of meeting records;
(d) the election of the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor;
(da) the appointment of an Acting Mayor;
(e) an election period policy in accordance with section 69;
(f) the procedures for the disclosure of a conflict of interest by a Councillor or a member of a delegated committee under section 130;
(g) the procedure for the disclosure of a conflict of interest by a Councillor under section 131;
(h) the disclosure of a conflict of interest by a member of Council staff when providing information in respect of a matter within the meaning of section 126(1);
(i) any other matters prescribed by the regulations.
(2) The Governance Rules must provide for a Council to—
(a) consider and make decisions on any matter being considered by the Council fairly and on the merits; and
(b) institute decision making processes to ensure that any person whose rights will be directly affected by a decision of the Council is entitled to communicate their views and have their interests considered.
(3) A Council may amend its Governance Rules.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), a Council must ensure that a process of community engagement is followed in developing or amending its Governance Rules.
(5) Subsection (4) does not apply if the Council is developing and adopting or amending a Governance Rule that only adopts a good practice guideline issued by the Minister under section 87.
(6) A Council must comply with its Governance Rules.
(7) A Council must adopt the first Governance Rules under this section on or before 1 September 2020.
(8) Until a Council adopts Governance Rules under this section, the Local Law Meeting Procedures made by the Council under the **Local** **Government Act 1989** apply as if the Local Law Meeting Procedures had been adopted as Governance Rules under this section.