Standing orders.pdf - Hutt City Council
Standing orders.pdf - Hutt City Council
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HCC <strong>Standing</strong> Orders 3 August 2004 Issue No. 2 17<br />
to members.<br />
[clause 19, schedule 7, LGA 2002]<br />
Order paper to be sent to<br />
members<br />
Meetings not invalid<br />
because notice not<br />
received<br />
11.5<br />
In the case of each meeting to which standing order 11.1 applies, an order<br />
paper detailing the business to be brought before that meeting together<br />
with relevant attachments shall be sent to every member not less than two<br />
clear working days before the day appointed for the meeting.<br />
11.6<br />
No meeting of a local authority is invalid because:<br />
(a) Notice of that meeting was not received; or<br />
(b) Was not received in due time,<br />
by any member of the local authority unless it is proved that the person<br />
responsible for giving notice of the meeting acted in bad faith or without<br />
reasonable care and the member concerned did not attend the meeting.<br />
Any member of a local authority may waive any requirement regarding<br />
the giving of notice of a meeting to that member.<br />
[clause 20, schedule 7, LGA 2002]<br />
12. NOTIFICATION OF MEETINGS TO MEMBERS<br />
Period for notice in<br />
writing<br />
12.1<br />
The Chief Executive must give notice in writing to each member of the<br />
time and place of a meeting:<br />
(a) not less than 14 days before the meeting; or<br />
(b) if the local authority has adopted a schedule of meetings, not less<br />
than 14 days before the first meeting on the schedule.<br />
[clause 19(5), schedule 7, LGA 2002]<br />
Schedule of Meetings 12.2<br />
If a local authority adopts a schedule of meetings:<br />
(a) the schedule:<br />
(i)<br />
(ii)<br />
may cover any future period that the local authority<br />
considers appropriate; and<br />
may be amended; and<br />
(b) notification of the schedule or of any amendment to that schedule<br />
constitutes a notification of every meeting on the schedule or<br />
amendment.<br />
[clause 19(6), schedule 7, LGA 2002]<br />
Cancellation of scheduled<br />
meetings<br />
12.3<br />
If it is necessary to cancel a scheduled meeting, all reasonable effort will<br />
be taken to notify elected members and the public as soon as is<br />
practicable.