Western Australian Current Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 5.25

5.25 .         Regulations about council and committee meetings and committees

        (1)         Without limiting the generality of section 9.59, regulations may make provision in relation to —

            (a)         the matters to be dealt with at ordinary or at special meetings of councils; and

            (b)         the functions of committees or types of committee; and

            (ba)         the holding of council or committee meetings by telephone, video conference or other electronic means; and

            (c)         the procedure to be followed at, and in respect of, council or committee meetings; and

            (d)         methods of voting at council or committee meetings; and

            (e)         the circumstances and manner in which a decision made at a council or a committee meeting may be revoked or changed (which may differ from the manner in which the decision was made); and

            (f)         the content and confirmation of minutes of council or committee meetings and the keeping and preserving of the minutes and any documents relating to meetings; and

            (g)         the giving of public notice of the date and agenda for council or committee meetings; and

            (h)         the exclusion from meetings of persons whose conduct is not conducive to the proper conduct of the meetings and the steps to be taken in the event of persons refusing to leave meetings; and

                  (i)         the circumstances and time in which the unconfirmed minutes of council or committee meetings are to be made available for inspection by members of the public; and

            (j)         the circumstances and time in which notice papers and agenda relating to any council or committee meeting and reports and other documents which could be —

                  (i)         tabled at a council or committee meeting; or

                  (ii)         produced by the local government or a committee for presentation at a council or committee meeting,

                are to be made available for inspection by members of the public.

        (2)         Regulations providing for meetings to be held by telephone, video conference or other electronic means may modify the application of this Act in relation to those meetings to the extent necessary or convenient to facilitate the holding of those meetings in that way.

        [Section 5.25 amended: No. 64 of 1998 s. 28.]