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duties to certain committees
 17.7 Limits on delegation of powers and duties to certain committees
 17.8 Resignation of committee members
 17.9 Register of delegations to committees
 17.10 Committees to report
 17.11 Reports of committees – questions
 17.12 Permissible motions on committee recommendations

PART 18 - MEETINGS OF ELECTORS
 18.1 Electors' general meetings
 18.2 Matters for discussion at electors' general meetings
 18.3 Electors' special meetings
 18.4 Requests for electors' special meetings
 18.5 Convening electors' meetings
 18.6 Who presides at electors' meetings
 18.7 Procedure for electors' meetings
 18.8 Participation of non-electors
 18.9 Voting at electors' meetings
 18.10 Minutes of electors' meetings
 18.11 Decisions made at electors' meetings

PART 19 - ENFORCEMENT
 19.1 Penalty for breach
 19.2 Who can prosecute

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 (WA) (CKI)

SHIRE OF COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS

MEETING PROCEDURES LOCAL LAW 2019

Under the powers conferred by the Local Government Act 1995 (WA) (CKI) and under all other relevant powers, the Council of the Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands resolved on 22 May 2019 to adopt the following local law.

  PRELIMINARY

    Citation
This local law may be cited as the Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands Meeting Procedures Local Law 2019.

    Commencement
The local law comes into operation 14 days after it is published as a Notifiable Instrument in the Australian Government Federal Register of Legislation.

    Purpose
  (1)    This local law provides rules that apply to the conduct of meetings of –
    (a)    the Council;
    (b)    its committees; and
    (c)    electors.
  (2)    All meetings are to be conducted in accordance with the Act, the Regulations and this local law.
  (3)    This local law is intended to result in –
    (a)    better decision making by the Council and its committees;
    (b)    the orderly conduct of meetings dealing with Council and committee business;
    (c)    better understanding of the process of conducting meetings; and
    (d)    more efficient and effective use of time at meetings.

    Application of Commonwealth legislation
  (1)    In accordance with section 4(1) of the Local Government (Transition) Ordinance 1992, the Territory is a shire for the purposes of the Act.
  (2)    In accordance with section 8A and subject to section 8B of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955 (Commonwealth), Western Australian legislation is applied to the Territory in accordance with –
    (a)    the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Applied Laws Ordinance 1992; and
    (b)    the Schedule of applied laws as tabled in Commonwealth Parliament from time to time.
  (3)    In accordance with section 8G of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955 (Commonwealth), the power or authority is vested in the Minister where a power or authority under any Western Australian law is vested in –
    (a)    a Minister of Western Australia; or
    (b)    the Governor of Western Australia; or
    (c)    the Governor-in-Council of