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the member who asked it within 14 days.

    Restrictions on questions and answers
  (1)    Every question and answer –
    (a)    is to be brief and concise; and
    (b)    is not to be accompanied by discussion, except to the extent necessary to explain the question or answer.
  (2)    There shall not be any further question or discussion, except with the consent of the presiding member.
  (3)    In answering any question, an employee may qualify his or her answer and may at a later time in the meeting or at a subsequent meeting alter, correct, add to or otherwise amend the original answer.

  CONDUCT OF MEMBERS

    Members to be in their proper places
  (1)    At Council meetings, members shall be seated in the order as determined by Council following each ordinary election, or until such time as there is a call by a majority of members for a re-allotment of positions.
  (2)    Each member is to occupy his or her allotted position at each Council meeting.

    Official titles to be used
A speaker, when referring to the President, Deputy President or presiding member, or a member or employee, is to use the title of that person's office.

    Entering or leaving a meeting
  (1)    During the course of a meeting, a member is not to enter or leave the meeting without first giving and appropriate indication to the presiding member, in order to facilitate the recording in the minutes of the time of entry or departure, and ensuring a quorum is present in the meeting.
  (2)    Where a member is leaving a meeting and does not intend to return, the member is to advise the presiding member of such prior to departing.

    Members to indicate their intention to speak
A member who wishes to speak at a meeting –
    (a)    is to indicate his or her intention to speak by raising his or her hand or by another method agreed by the Council; and
    (b)    when invited by the presiding member to speak, shall address the meeting through the presiding member.

    Priority of speaking
  (1)    At a Council or a committee meeting where two or more members indicate their intention to speak at the same time, the presiding member is to decide which member is entitled to be heard first.
  (2)    At a committee meeting, the presiding member is first to invite committee members to speak followed by other members and attendees at the discretion of the presiding member.
  (3)    A member is to cease speaking immediately after being asked to do so by the presiding member.
  (4)    A decision of the presiding member under this clause is not open to discussion or dissent.

    Presiding member may take part in debates
The presiding