Standing orders.pdf - Hutt City Council
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HCC <strong>Standing</strong> Orders 3 August 2004 Issue No. 2 44<br />
Declaration of pecuniary<br />
interest<br />
32.10<br />
Every member present when any matter is raised on which they directly<br />
or indirectly have a pecuniary interest, apart from any interest in common with<br />
the public, is under a duty to fully declare any such interest to the<br />
meeting. This disclosure and the subsequent abstention of such member<br />
from both discussion and voting on the item are to be recorded in the minutes.<br />
[s. 6(1), Local Authorities (Members' Interests) Act]<br />
Pecuniary interest a<br />
reason for leaving room<br />
32.11<br />
Members who have declared a pecuniary interest in matters to be<br />
discussed under standing order 32.10 should consider leaving the meeting<br />
room for the full duration of discussion on such matters.<br />
33. QUALIFIED PRIVILEGE<br />
Qualified privilege<br />
relating to agenda and<br />
minutes<br />
33.1<br />
Where a meeting of any local authority is open to the public during the<br />
proceedings or any part thereof, and a member of the public is supplied with a<br />
copy of the agenda or order paper for the meeting or any part of the<br />
minutes of that meeting are provided, the publication of any defamatory<br />
matter included in the agenda or order paper or in the minutes shall be<br />
privileged unless the publication is proved to be made with ill will or<br />
taking advantage of the occasion of publication.<br />
[s. 52, LGOIMA]<br />
Qualified privilege<br />
relating to oral statements<br />
33.2<br />
Any oral statement made at any meeting of a local authority in accordance<br />
with the rules that have been adopted by that local authority for the guidance<br />
and order of its proceedings shall be privileged, unless the statement is<br />
proved to be made with ill will or taking advantage of the occasion of<br />
publication.<br />
[s. 53, LGOIMA]<br />
Qualified privilege<br />
additional to any other<br />
provisions<br />
33.3<br />
The privilege conferred by standing <strong>orders</strong> 33.1 and 33.2 is in addition to,<br />
and not in substitution for or derogation of, any other privilege, whether<br />
absolute or qualified, that applies, by virtue of any other enactment or<br />
rule of law, to the proceedings of any local authority.<br />
34. MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER AT MEETINGS<br />
Chairperson may require<br />
members of the public to<br />
leave meeting<br />
34.1<br />
The Chairperson presiding at any meeting of the local authority may<br />
require any member of the public to leave the meeting if it is believed on<br />
reasonable grounds that the behaviour of any member of the public is<br />
likely to prejudice the orderly conduct of the meeting if that person is<br />
permitted to remain.<br />
[s. 50(1), LGOIMA]