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Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2025
21Motions to amend motions
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21 Motions to amend motions
(1) At a meeting, a councillor who did not move or second a motion (the original motion) may move a motion to amend the original motion.
(2) A councillor is not to move a motion to amend another motion while a previous motion to amend that other motion is before the meeting.
(3) If a motion to amend another motion is resolved in the affirmative, that other motion, as amended, is then the motion before the meeting.
(4) The chairperson may refuse to accept more than 2 motions to amend another motion.