Standing orders.pdf - Hutt City Council

HCC Standing Orders 3 August 2004 Issue No. 2 7
STANDING ORDERS FOR MEETINGS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES
AND COMMUNITY BOARDS
GENERAL
Scope and General
This document covers standing orders for the conduct of proceedings at
meetings of the Hutt City Council and its community boards. It
incorporates amendments to the LGOIMA, LGA 2002 and the Resource
Management Act 1991 as they affect the provisions of these Standing
Orders.
This document is presented in two parts. Part 1 covers constitutional
and legislative matters, and Part 2 relates to meeting procedures.
Interpretation
Appendices are an integral part of these Standing Orders.
Where direct quotations from the legislation are cited in these
Standing Orders they are shown in italics.
Definitions
In these Standing Orders, unless inconsistent with the context:
Agenda means the agenda listing items for consideration at a
meeting together with reports and other attachments relating to those
items.
Chairperson means the Mayor or Chairperson of the local authority
and also includes any person acting as the Chairperson of the local
authority or the person elected or appointed as Chairperson of any
committee or subcommittee or community board of the local authority.
In the case of any committee for which there are Co-Chairs appointed, the
duties and responsibilities and powers of the Chairperson set out in
these Standing Orders may only be exercised by each Co-Chair in
relation to the respective areas for which they are responsible (as
agreed at the start of each triennium).
Chief Executive means the principal administrative officer of the local
authority as referred to in the LGA 2002, and includes for the
purposes of these Standing Orders any other officer authorised by the
local authority.
Clear working days means:
(a)
(b)
The number of working days prescribed in these Standing Orders
for the giving of a notice; and
Excluding the date of service of that notice and the date of the
meeting, the subject of that notice.
Committee includes, in relation to a local authority: