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the terms and expressions used in this local law are to have the meaning given to them in the Act, the Regulations or the Rules of Conduct Regulations.

  CALLING AND CONVENING MEETINGS

    Ordinary and special Council meetings
  (1)    Ordinary and special Council meetings are dealt with in section 5.3 of the Act.
  (2)    An ordinary meeting of the Council, held as determined by the Council, is for the purpose of considering and dealing with the ordinary business of the Council.
  (3)    A special meeting of the Council is held for the purpose of considering and dealing with Council business that is urgent, complex in nature, for a particular purpose or confidential.

    Calling Council meetings
The calling of Council meetings is dealt with in section 5.4 of the Act.

    Convening Council meetings
  (1)    The convening of a Council meeting is dealt with in section 5.5 of the Act.
  (2)    Subject to subclause (3), the CEO is to give at least 72 hours notice, for the purposes of section 5.5 of the Act, in convening a special meeting of the Council.
  (3)    Where, in the opinion of the President or at least one third of the members, there is a need to meet urgently, the CEO may give a lesser period of notice of a special Council meeting.

    Calling committee meetings
The CEO is to call a meeting of any committee when requested by the President, the presiding member of a committee or any two members of that committee.

    Public notice of meetings
Public notice of meetings is dealt with in regulation 12 of the Regulations.

  PRESIDING MEMBER AND QUORUM

    Who presides
Who presides at a Council meeting is dealt with in section 5.6 of the Act.

    When the Deputy President can act
When the Deputy President can act is dealt with in section 5.34 of the Act.

    Who acts if no President
Who acts if there is no President is dealt with in section 5.35 of the Act.

    Election of presiding members of committees
The election of presiding members of committees is dealt with in section 5.12(1) of the Act.

    Election of deputy presiding members of committees
The election of deputy presiding members of committees is dealt with in section 5.12(2) the Act.

    Functions of deputy presiding members
The functions of deputy presiding members are dealt with in section 5.13 of the Act.

    Who acts if no presiding member
Who acts if no presiding member is dealt with in section 5.14 of the Act.

    Quorum for meetings
The quorum for meetings is dealt with in section 5.19 of the Act.

    Reduction of quorum for Council meetings
The power of the Minister to reduce the number for a quorum and certain majorities