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on each page of the petition;
    (d)    contain the name, address and signature of each elector making the request, and the date each elector signed;
    (e)    contain a summary of the reasons for the request; and
    (f)      state the name of the person to whom, and an address at which, notice to the petitioners can be given.
  (2)    Upon receiving a petition, the local government is to submit the petition to the relevant employee to be included in his or her deliberations and report on the matter that is the subject of the petition, subject to subclause (3).
  (3)    At any meeting, the Council is not to vote on any matter that is the subject of a petition presented to that meeting, unless –
    (a)    the matter is the subject of a report included in the agenda; and
    (b)    the Council has considered the issues raised in the petition.

    Presentations
  (1)    In this clause, a presentation means the acceptance of a gift or an award by the Council on behalf of the local government or the community.
  (2)    A presentation may be made to the Council at a meeting only with the prior approval of the President or CEO.

    Participation at committee meetings
  (1)    In this clause a reference to a person is to a person who –
    (a)    is entitled to attend a committee meeting;
    (b)    attends a committee meeting; and
    (c)    is not a member of that committee.
  (2)    A member may attend any meeting of a committee of which he or she is not a member or the deputy of a member, as an observer, but is to sit separated from the committee members.
  (3)    Without the consent of the presiding member, no person is to address a committee meeting.
  (4)    The presiding member of a committee may allow a person to address the committee.
  (5)    A person addressing the committee with the consent of the presiding member is to cease that address immediately after being directed to do so by the presiding member.
  (6)    A person who fails to comply with a direction of the presiding member under subclause (5) may, by order of the presiding member, be removed from the meeting.
  (7)    The Council may make a policy dealing with the circumstances in which a person may be given consent to address a committee meeting.

    Public inspection of agenda materials
The right of the public to inspect the documents relating to a Council or committee meeting are dealt with in regulation 14 of the Regulations.

    Confidentiality of information withheld
  (1)    Information withheld by the CEO from the public under regulation 14(2) of the Regulations is to be –
    (a)    identified in the agenda of a