LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 5.20
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 5.20
5.20 . Decisions of councils and committees
(1) A decision of a
council does not have effect unless it has been made by a simple majority or,
if another kind of majority is required under any provision of this Act or has
been prescribed by regulations or a local law for the particular kind of
decision, by that kind of majority.
(2) A decision of a
committee does not have effect unless it has been made by a simple majority
or, if another kind of majority has been prescribed by regulations or a local
law for the particular kind of decision, by that kind of majority.
(3) This section does
not apply to elections —
(a) by a
council of the local government’s mayor or president under section 2.11;
or
(b) by a
council of the local government’s deputy mayor or president under
section 2.15; or
(c) by a
committee of the committee’s presiding member or deputy presiding member
under section 5.12.