9Notice of meetings

9 Notice of meetings

(1)  The general manager is to provide each councillor with a notice in writing of the time and place of a council meeting or a council committee meeting –

(a) at least 4 days, but not more than 14 days, before an ordinary council meeting or a council committee meeting; or

(b) at least 2 days, but not more than 14 days, before a special council meeting.

(2)  At least once in each year, the general manager is to publish in a daily newspaper, or in a prescribed newspaper, circulating in the relevant municipal area a notice containing –

(a) the times and places of the ordinary council meetings for the next 12 months; and

(b) the times and places, as known, of the council committee meetings for the next 12 months.

(3)  The general manager is to ensure that –

(a) the notice referred to in subregulation (2) is made available to the public on the website of the council for the period to which the notice applies; and

(b) any member of the public is able to inspect, and obtain a copy of, that notice, free of charge, at the public office of the council.

(4)  If there is any change in the time or place of an ordinary council meeting, or a council committee meeting, as published under subregulations (2) and (3) , the general manager is to –

(a) publish a notice of the change in a daily newspaper, or in a prescribed newspaper, circulating in the relevant municipal area; and

(b) ensure that the notice of the times and places for such meetings, published on the website of the council, is updated accordingly; and

(c) ensure that the notice of the times and places for such meetings that is made available to the public, at the public office of the council, is updated accordingly.

(5)  In the case of a special council meeting –

(a) the general manager is to publish in a daily newspaper, or in a prescribed newspaper, circulating in the relevant municipal area a notice of the time and place of the meeting at least 2 days, but not more than 14 days, before the meeting; and