STANDING ORDERS & CODE OF CONDUCT

September 2006

STANDING ORDERS (16 - 23)

URGENT BUSINESS

16. A motion to vary the order of business on grounds of urgency:

a) May be proposed by the Chairman or by any member and, if proposed by the Chairman, may be put to the vote without being seconded, and

b) Shall be put to the vote without discussion.

RESOLUTIONS MOVED ON NOTICE

17. Except as provided by these Standing Orders, no resolution may be moved unless the business to which it relates has been put on the Agenda by the Clerk or the mover has given notice in writing of its terms and has delivered the notice to the Clerk at least 7 clear days before the next Meeting of the Council.

18. The Clerk shall date every notice of resolution or recommendation when received by him, shall number each notice in the order in which it was received and shall enter it in a book which shall be open to the inspection of every Member of the Council.

19. The Clerk shall insert in the summons for every Meeting all notices of motion or recommendation properly given in the order in which they have been received unless the member giving notice of motion has stated in writing that he intends to move at some later Meeting or that he withdraws it.

20. If a resolution or recommendation specified in the summons is not moved either by the member who gave notice of it or by any other member, it shall, unless postponed by the Council, be treated as withdrawn and shall not be moved without fresh notice.

21. If the subject matter of a resolution comes within the province of a Committee of the Council it shall, upon being moved and seconded, stand referred without discussion to such Committee or to such other Committee as the Council may determine for consideration and report; provided that the Council may, if it is considered convenient and conducive to the despatch of the business, allow such motion to be dealt with at the Meeting at which it is brought forward and for such purpose the mover of the motion may address the Council for a period of not more than two minutes in order to give reasons why, in his opinion, the motion should be dealt with at such Meeting.

22. Every resolution or recommendation shall be relevant to some subject over which the Council has power or affects its area.

RESOLUTIONS MOVED WITHOUT NOTICE

23. Resolutions dealing with the following matters may be moved without notice :-
(a) To appoint a Chairman of the Meeting.
(b) To correct the Minutes.
(c) To approve the Minutes.
(d) To alter the order of business.
(e) To proceed to the next business.
(f) To close or adjourn the debate.
(g) To refer a matter to a Committee.
(h) To appoint a Committee or any Members thereof.
(i) To adopt a report.
(j) To authorise the sealing of documents.
(k) To amend a motion.
(l) To give leave to withdraw a motion or an amendment.
(m) To extend the time limit for speeches.
(n) To exclude the Press and Public (see Order 63).
(o) To silence or eject from the Meeting a Member named for misconduct
(see order 33 ).
(p) To give the consent of the Council where such consent is required by these Standing Orders.
(q) To suspend any Standing Order (see Order 7)
(r) To adjourn the Meeting

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