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she considers is appropriate to be decided, by that meeting.
  (5)    In determining the order of business for any meeting of the Council or a committee, the provisions of the Act and Regulations relating to the time at which public question time is to be held are to be observed.

    Grant of leave of absence
The grant of leave of absence is dealt with in section 2.25 of the Act.

    Announcements by the presiding member
Announcements by the presiding member under item 8 of clause 4.2(1) are –
    (a)    to inform the Council of official duties performed, or functions attended, by the President, or of other matters of importance to the Council, of which the Council has not previously been informed;
    (b)    to be brief and concise; and
    (c)    to be completed within ten minutes.

    Motions of which previous notice has been given
  (1)    Unless the Act, Regulations or this local law otherwise provide, a member may raise at a meeting such business as considered appropriate, in the form of a motion, of which notice has been given in writing to the CEO and which has been included on the agenda.
  (2)    A notice of motion under subclause (1) is to be given at least seven business days before the meeting at which the motion is moved.
  (3)    A notice of motion is to relate to the good governance of the district.
  (4)    The CEO –
    (a)    with the concurrence of the President, may exclude from the notice paper any notice of motion deemed to be, or likely to involve, a breach of any of this local law or any other written law;
    (b)    will inform members on each occasion that a notice has been excluded and the reasons for that exclusion;
    (c)    after consultation with the member where practicable, may make such amendments to the form but not the substance as will bring the notice of motion into due form; and
    (d)    may provide to the Council relevant and material facts and circumstances pertaining to the notice of motion on such matters as policy, budget and law.
  (5)    A motion of which notice has been given is to lapse unless –
    (a)    the member who gave notice of it, or some other member authorised by the originating member in writing, moves the motion when called on; or
    (b)    the Council on a motion agrees to defer consideration of the motion to a later stage or date.
  (6)    If a notice of motion is given and lapses under subclause (5), notice of a motion in the same terms or to the same effect is not to be given again for at least three months from the date of such lapse.