233Expulsion for acts of disorder

233 Expulsion for acts of disorder

233 Expulsion for acts of disorder

(1) The chairperson may require a councillor—

(a) to apologise without reservation for an act of disorder referred to in section 182(a), (b), (e), (f) or (h), or

(b) to withdraw a motion or an amendment referred to in section 182(c) or (d) and, where appropriate, to apologise without reservation, or

(c) to retract and apologise without reservation for any statement that constitutes an act of disorder referred to in section 182(e), (f), (g) or (h).

(2) A councillor may, as provided by section 10(2)(a) or (b) of the Act, be expelled from a meeting of a council for having failed to comply with a requirement under subsection (1). The expulsion of a councillor from the meeting for that reason does not prevent any other action from being taken against the councillor for the act of disorder concerned.

(3) A person (other than a councillor) may, as provided by section 10(2)(a) or (b) of the Act, be expelled from a meeting of a council for having engaged in disorderly conduct at the meeting.

s 233: Am 2025 (474), Sch 1[4]–[6].