Standing orders.pdf - Hutt City Council
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HCC <strong>Standing</strong> Orders 3 August 2004 Issue No. 2 29<br />
Contempt to be recorded<br />
in minutes<br />
21.15<br />
Where the meeting resolves to find the member in contempt that<br />
resolution shall be recorded in the minutes.<br />
Removal from meeting 21.16<br />
If any member who is required in accordance with a Chairperson's<br />
requirement to leave the meeting refuses or fails to do so, or having left the<br />
meeting attempts to re-enter without the permission of the Chairperson,<br />
any Police Officer or employee of the <strong>Council</strong> may, at the Chairperson's request,<br />
remove or exclude the member from the meeting.<br />
22. QUORUM AT MEETINGS<br />
Requirement for a<br />
quorum<br />
22.1<br />
"A meeting is duly constituted if a quorum is present whether or not all of the<br />
members present are voting or entitled to vote."<br />
[clause 23(1), schedule 7, LGA 2002]<br />
Quorum to be present<br />
throughout meeting<br />
22.2<br />
"Business may not be transacted at any meeting unless at least a quorum of<br />
members is present during the whole of the time at which the business is<br />
transacted."<br />
[clause 23(2), schedule 7, LGA 2002]<br />
Definition of quorum 22.3<br />
"The quorum at any meeting of a local authority consists of half the members if the<br />
number of members (including vacancies) is even, or a majority of members if<br />
the number is odd."<br />
[clause 23(3)(a), schedule 7, LGA 2002]<br />
(<strong>Standing</strong> order 40.7 refers to quorum at meetings with Tangata Whenua<br />
represented.)<br />
Quorum at Committee<br />
meetings<br />
22.4<br />
"The quorum at a meeting of a Committee:<br />
(a)<br />
(b)<br />
Is not fewer than 2 members of the Committee (as determined<br />
by the local authority or committee that appoints the<br />
committee); and<br />
In the case of a committee (other than a subcommittee), shall<br />
include at least 1 member of the local authority."<br />
[clause 23(3)(b), schedule 7, LGA 2002]<br />
(<strong>Standing</strong> order 9.3 refers to quorum at meetings of joint committees.)<br />
23. FAILURE OF A QUORUM<br />
Meeting lapses if no<br />
quorum<br />
23.1<br />
If a meeting is short of a quorum at its commencement, or falls short of a<br />
quorum, the business is to stand suspended and, if no quorum is present<br />
within 15 minutes, the Chairperson is to vacate the chair and the<br />
meeting shall lapse.