5178GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 November 2016

5178 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 November 2016 10.3 Motions to be supported No motion or amendment to a substantive motion is open to debate until it has been seconded, or, in the case of a motion to revoke or change the decision made at a Council or a Committee meeting, unless the motion has the support required under the Regulations. 10.4 Unopposed business (1) Upon a motion being moved and seconded, the Presiding Member may ask the meeting if any member opposes it. (2) If no member signifies opposition to the motion the Presiding Member may declare the motion in subclause (1) carried without debate and without taking a vote on it. (3) A motion carried under subclause (2) is to be recorded in the minutes as a unanimous decision of the Council or Committee. (4) If a member signifies opposition to a motion the motion is to be dealt with according to this Part. (5) This clause does not apply to any motion or decision to revoke or change a decision which has been made at a Council or Committee meeting. 10.5 Only one substantive motion considered When a substantive motion is under debate at any meeting of the Council or a Committee, no further substantive motion is to be accepted. 10.6 Breaking down of complex questions The Presiding Member may order a complex question to be broken down and put in the form of several motions, which are to be put in sequence. 10.7 Order of call in debate The Presiding Member is to call speakers to a substantive motion in the following order— (a) the mover to state the motion; (b) a seconder to the motion; (c) the mover to speak to the motion; (d) the seconder to speak to the motion; (e) a speaker against the motion; (f) a speaker for the motion; (g) other speakers against and for the motion, alternating in view, if any; and (h) mover takes right of reply which closes debate. 10.8 Limit of debate The Presiding Member may offer the right of reply and put the motion to the vote if he or she believes sufficient discussion has taken place even though all members may not have spoken. 10.9 Member may require questions to be read Any member may require the question or matter under discussion to be read at any time during a debate, but not so as to interrupt any other member whilst speaking. 10.10 Consent of seconder required to accept alteration of wording The mover of a substantive motion may not alter the wording of the motion without the consent of the seconder. 10.11 Order of amendments Any number of amendments may be proposed to a motion, but when an amendment is moved to a substantive motion, no second or subsequent amendment is to be moved or considered until the first amendment has been withdrawn or lost. 10.12 Amendments must not negate original motion No amendment to a motion can be moved which negates the original motion or the intent of the original motion. 10.13 Mover of motion may speak on amendment Any member may speak during debate on an amendment. 10.14 Substantive motion If an amendment to a substantive motion is carried, the motion as amended then becomes the substantive motion, on which any member may speak and any further amendment may be moved (subject to clause 10.12). 10.15 Withdrawal of motion or amendments Council or a Committee may, without debate, grant leave to withdraw a motion or amendment upon request of the mover of the motion or amendment and with the approval of the seconder provided that there is no voice expressed to the contrary view by any member, in which case discussion on the motion or amendment is to continue. 10.16 Limitation of withdrawal Where an amendment has been proposed to a substantive motion, the substantive motion is not to be withdrawn, except by consent of the majority of members present, until the amendment proposed has been withdrawn or lost.