365AReduction in meetings

365A Reduction in meetings

365A Reduction in meetings

(1) A council may resolve to make an application to the Minister to approve a reduction in the number of times that a council is required to meet each year to a number specified in the resolution.

(2) The council must give not less than 42 days’ public notice of its proposed resolution.

(3) After passing the resolution the council must forward to the Minister a copy of the resolution, a summary of any submissions received by it and its comments concerning those submissions.

(4) The Minister may approve the application or decline to approve it.

(5) If the Minister approves the application, the council is required to meet at least as often as specified in the resolution.

(6) An application may be made under this section only by the councils prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.

(7) The application may be made after the commencement of this section and not later than 12 months before the next ordinary election of councillors after that commencement.

(8) Nothing in this section prevents a council from making more than one application under this section.