Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made

LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION (INTEGRITY) AMENDMENT REGULATION 2020 - REG 13

13 Insertion of new ch 8, pt 2, div 3

After section 252 —
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Division 3 - Committees and requirements for committee meetings

253 What this division is about

(1) This division is about committees of the council.

(2) However, this division does not apply to the audit committee.

254 Advisory committees

(1) An advisory committee—

(a) must not be appointed as a standing committee; and

(b) may include in its members persons who are not councillors.

(2) A member of an advisory committee (whether or not they are a councillor) may vote on business before the committee.

254A Alternate members of committees

(1) If the council appoints a committee, the council may appoint 1 person as an alternate member of the committee.

(2) An
"alternate member" of a committee is a person who attends meetings of the committee and acts as a member of the committee whenever another member of the committee is absent from the meeting of the committee.

(3) However, for a meeting of a standing committee of the council, the alternate member may attend and act as a member of the committee for the mayor only if the mayor is the chairperson of the committee.

254B Frequency of meetings Meetings of a committee are held at the times and places decided by the committee.

255 Quorum

(1) A quorum of a committee is a majority of its members.

(2) However, if the number of members is an even number, one-half of the number is a quorum.

(3) Subsection (4) applies if—

(a) the mayor is a member of a standing committee of the council, other than the chairperson of the committee; and

(b) the mayor is not present at a meeting of the committee.

(4) For working out a quorum for the meeting, the mayor is not counted as a member of the committee.