LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2020 - SECT 19 Specific powers of the Mayor

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2020 - SECT 19

    (1)     The Mayor has the following specific powers—

        (a)     to appoint a Councillor to be the chair of a delegated committee;

        (b)     to direct a Councillor, subject to any procedures or limitations specified in the Governance Rules, to leave a Council meeting if the behaviour of the Councillor is preventing the Council from conducting its business;

        (c)     to require the Chief Executive Officer to report to the Council on the implementation of a Council decision.

    (2)     An appointment under subsection (1)(a) prevails over any appointment of a chair of a delegated committee by the Council.