STANDING ORDERS & CODE OF CONDUCT

September 2006

STANDING ORDERS (33 - 36)

DISORDERLY CONDUCT

33. (a) All members must observe the Code of Conduct which was adopted by the Council of 6 February 2002 a copy of which is annexed to these Standing Orders.

(b) No member shall at a Meeting persistently disregard the ruling of the Chairman, wilfully obstruct business or behave irregularly, offensively, improperly or in such a manner as to bring the Council into disrepute.

(c) If, in the opinion of the Chairman, a member has acted in a manner contrary to that required, the Chairman shall express that opinion to the Council and thereafter any member may move that the member named be no longer heard or that the member named do leave the Meeting, and the motion, if seconded, shall be put forthwith and without discussion. If a member reasonably believes another member is in breach of the code of conduct, that member is under a duty to report the breach to the Standards Board (England).

(d) If the motion mentioned in paragraph (c) is disobeyed, the Chairman may adjourn the Meeting or take such further steps as may reasonably be necessary to enforce them.

RIGHT OF REPLY

34. The mover of a resolution shall have a right to reply immediately before the resolution is put to the vote. If an amendment is proposed the mover of the amendment shall be entitled to reply immediately before the amendment is put to the vote. A Member exercising a right of reply shall not introduce new matter. After the right of reply has been exercised or waived, a vote shall be taken without further discussion.

ALTERATION OF RESOLUTION

35. A Member may, without the consent of his seconder, move amendments to his own resolution.

RESCISSION OF PREVIOUS RESOLUTION

36. (a) A decision (whether affirmative or negative) of the Council shall not be reversed within six months save by a special resolution, the written notice whereof bears the names of at least five Members of the Council, or by resolution moved in pursuance of the report or recommendation of a Committee.

(b) When a special resolution or any other resolution moved under the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Order has been disposed of, no similar resolution may be moved within a further six months.

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