Part 19ENFORCEMENT

PART 19—ENFORCEMENT 19.1 Penalty for breach 19.2 Who can prosecute SCHEDULE 1—PETITION OF ELECTORS OF THE SHIRE OF CHITTERING

6 June 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1547 Under the powers conferred by the Local Government Act 1995 and under all other powers enabling it, the Council of the Shire of Chittering resolved on 19 April 2023 to make the following local law. This local law may be cited as the Shire of Chittering Standing Orders Local Law 2023. This local law comes into operation 14 days after the date of its publication in the Government Gazette 1.3 Purpose and intent (1) The purpose of the local law is to provide for the conduct of meetings of the Council, Committees and electors. (2) This local law is intended to result in— (a) better decision-making at meetings; (b) the orderly and efficient conduct of meetings; (c) greater community participation and understanding of the business of the Council; and (d) more open and accountable local government. 1.4 Application All meetings of the Council, committees and the electors are to be conducted in accordance with the Act, the Regulations and this local law. This local law repeals the Shire of Chittering (Council Meetings) Local Law 2014 as published in the Government Gazette on 3 June 2014. 1.6 Interpretation In this local law, unless the contrary intention appears— absolute majority has the meaning given to it in the Act; Act means the Local Government Act 1995; CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the Shire; committee means a committee of the council (established under section 5.8 of the Act); Council means the Council of the Shire; Councillor has the same meaning as is given to it in the Act; Deputy President means the deputy president of the Shire; employee has the same meaning as is given to it in the Act; Local Government means the Shire; meeting means a meeting of the Council or of a committee, or an electors' meeting, as the context requires; member has the same meaning as given to it in the Act; Minister means the Minister responsible for administering the Act; minor amendment in relation to a motion, means an amendment which does not alter the basic intent of the motion to which the amendment applies; President means the president of the Shire; presiding person means the person presiding at a meeting; Regulations means the Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996; Shire means the Shire of Chittering; simple majority means more than 50% of the members present and voting; substantive motion means an original motion, or an original motion as amended, but does not include an amendment motion or a procedural motion.