Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Each council
member and each member of a committee who is present at a meeting of the
council or committee is entitled to one vote.
(2) Subject to
section 5.67, each council member and each member of a committee to which a
local government power or duty has been delegated who is present at a meeting
of the council or committee is to vote.
(3) If the votes of
members present at a council or a committee meeting are equally divided, the
person presiding is to cast a second vote.
(4) If a matter is
voted on at a meeting of a council or committee, the person presiding must
cause the following information to be recorded in the minutes —
(a) the
total votes cast for;
(b) the
total votes cast against;
(c) the
individual vote of each member of the council or committee.
(4A) Subsection (4)
does not apply to a vote that is required to be by secret ballot under
Schedule 2.3.
(4B) Regulations may
prescribe how information is to be recorded for the purposes of subsection
(4)(a), (b) or (c).
(5) A person who fails
to comply with subsection (2) or (3) commits an offence.
[Section 5.21 amended: No. 49 of 2004 s. 43; No.
11 of 2023 s. 57.]