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Part 14 - Preserving order
14.1 The Presiding Member to preserve order
The Presiding Member is to preserve order, and may call any member or other person in attendance to order, whenever, in his or her opinion, there is cause for doing so.

14.2 Demand for withdrawal
A member may be required by the Presiding Member, or by a decision of the Council or Committee, to apologise and unreservedly withdraw any expression which is considered to reflect offensively on another member or an officer, and if the member declines or neglects to do so, the Presiding Member may refuse to hear the member further upon the matter then under discussion and call upon the next speaker.

14.3 Points of order—When to raise—Procedure
Upon a matter of order arising during the progress of a debate, any member may raise a point of order including interrupting the speaker. Any member, who is speaking when a point of order is raised, is to immediately stop speaking and be seated while the presiding member listens to the point of order.

14.4 Points of order—When valid
Expressing a difference of opinion or the contradiction of a speaker shall not be recognised as a valid point of order.
The following will be recognised as the only valid points of order;
       (a) that the discussion is of a matter not before the Council or Committee;
       (b) that offensive or insulting language is being used;
       (c) drawing attention to the violation of any written law, the relevant provisions of this local law or policy of the Council, provided that the member making the point of order states the written law or policy believed to be breached; and
       (d)      that insinuations have been made as to the character, morality, honesty or motives of a member or an officer.

14.5 Points of order—Ruling
The Presiding Member is to give a decision on any point of order which is raised by either upholding or rejecting the point of order.

14.6 Points of order—Ruling conclusive, unless dissent motion is moved
The ruling of the Presiding Member upon any question of order is final, unless a majority of the members support a motion of dissent with the ruling.

14.7 Points of order take precedence
Notwithstanding anything contained in this local law to the contrary, all points of order take precedence over any other discussion and until decided, suspend the consideration and decision of every other matter.

14.8 Precedence of presiding member
    (1)  When the Presiding Member rises during the progress of