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 27<br />
(c) Points of order;<br />
and any member who refuses to obey any order or ruling of the Chairperson will<br />
be held guilty of contempt.<br />
(See Appendix 2.C)<br />
Chairperson may provide<br />
written decision<br />
21.2<br />
The Chairperson may elect to provide written clarification on any matter<br />
on which the Chairperson decides under standing order 21.1.<br />
Chairperson rising 21.3<br />
Whenever the Chairperson rises during a debate any member then<br />
speaking or offering to speak is to be seated, and members are to be silent<br />
so that the Chairperson may be heard without interruption.<br />
Members to speak in<br />
places and address the<br />
chair<br />
21.4<br />
Members granted the right to speak at meetings are to address the<br />
Chairperson, and may not leave their place while speaking without the leave<br />
of the Chairperson. Members may remain seated when speaking at<br />
extraordinary meetings of the <strong>Council</strong> and at committee meetings.<br />
Priority of speakers 21.5<br />
When two or more members seek the right to speak, the Chairperson is to<br />
name the member who has the right to speak first, provided that the<br />
following members shall have precedence, where in order, when they state their<br />
intention to:<br />
(a)<br />
(b)<br />
(c)<br />
Raise a point of order (see standing order 31.1), including any<br />
request to obtain a time extension for the previous speaker;<br />
Move a motion to terminate or adjourn the debate (see standing<br />
order 31.1); or<br />
Make a point of explanation or request an indulgence of the<br />
Chairperson (see standing order 26.16).<br />
Speeches in English or<br />
Maori<br />
21.6<br />
A member may address the Chairperson in English or Maori. The<br />
Chairperson may order that a speech be translated and printed in<br />
another language. A member must give prior notice, not less than two<br />
working days before the meeting, to the Chairperson if he or she intends<br />
to address the Chairperson in Maori, when the normal business of the<br />
Committee is conducted in English, or in English when the normal business<br />
of the Committee is conducted in Maori.<br />
Duration of meetings and<br />
time limits<br />
21.7<br />
All ordinary or extraordinary meetings shall continue until the completion<br />
of business on the order paper for the meeting. However, where any meeting<br />
has continued for more than six hours or beyond 10.30pm, any business<br />
on the order paper not dealt with shall be adjourned to the next ordinary<br />
meeting or extraordinary meeting, unless a motion is passed to extend the<br />
meeting.<br />
Reporting of meetings 21.8<br />
When a meeting of a local authority is open to the public the following<br />
provisions shall apply: