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#### 182 Acts of disorder
182 Acts of disorder
> For the Act, section 490A, the following are acts of disorder for the purposes of the Act, Chapter 14 and the code of conduct if done by a councillor at a meeting of the council or a committee of the council—
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> > (a) contravening any of the following—
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> > > (i) the Act,
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> > > (ii) this regulation,
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> > > (iii) the code of meeting practice adopted by the council under the Act, section 360,
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> > (b) assaulting, or threatening to assault, another councillor or person present at the meeting,
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> > (c) moving or attempting to move a motion or an amendment that—
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> > > (i) has an unlawful purpose, or
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> > > (ii) deals with a matter that is outside the jurisdiction of the council or committee,
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> > (d) addressing or attempting to address the council or committee on or about a motion, amendment or matter referred to in paragraph (c),
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> > (e) using offensive or disorderly words,
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> > (f) making gestures or otherwise behaving in a way that—
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> > > (i) is sexist, racist, homophobic or otherwise discriminatory, or
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> > > (ii) if the behaviour occurred in the Legislative Assembly, would be considered disorderly,
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> > (g) imputing improper motives, or unfavourably personally reflecting, on the following, except by a motion—
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> > > (i) another councillor,
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> > > (ii) a delegate of the council,
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> > > (iii) a member of a committee of the council,
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> > > (iv) a member of staff of the council,
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> > > (v) a person exercising a function on behalf of the council,
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> > > (vi) a person present at the meeting,
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> > (h) saying or doing anything that—
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> > > (i) would promote disorder at the meeting, or
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> > > (ii) is otherwise inconsistent with maintaining order at the meeting.
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> **s 182:** Subst 2025 (474), Sch 1\[1\].