Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015 (Tas)

Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Local Government Act 1993 .

22 June 2015

C. WARNER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

PETER GUTWEIN

Minister for Planning and Local Government

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title These regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Meeting Procedures) Regulations 2015 .

2. Commencement These regulations take effect on 29 June 2015.

3. Interpretation In these regulations – Act means the Local Government Act 1993 ; associated reports and documents means reports and documents relating to an item on the agenda of a meeting; chairperson means the person who chairs a meeting; closed meeting means that part of a meeting which is closed to the public under regulation 15 ; commissioner means a person appointed as such under section 230 of the Act; council committee meeting means a meeting of a council committee convened in accordance with regulation 5(1) ; council meeting means an ordinary council meeting or a special council meeting; council workshop means a workshop, seminar or gathering of persons for the purposes of a council, but does not include a meeting or a meeting of a special committee; meeting means – (a) a council meeting; or (b) a council committee meeting; ordinary council meeting means an ordinary meeting of the council convened in accordance with regulation 4(1)(a) , (2) , (3) or (5) , other than the council's annual general meeting; pecuniary interest means an interest within the meaning of section 49 of the Act; prescribed newspaper means a newspaper prescribed in the Local Government (General) Regulations 2015 for the purposes of section 72B of the Act; relevant municipal area, in relation to a council, general manager of a council, council meeting or council committee meeting, means the municipal area for which the council has responsibility; special council meeting, means a special meeting of the council convened in accordance with regulation 4(1)(b) or (6) ; statutory holiday has the same meaning as in the Statutory Holidays Act 2000 .