Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Each council
member and each member of a committee who is present at a meeting of the
council or committee is entitled to one vote.
(2) Subject to
section 5.67, each council member and each member of a committee to which
a local government power or duty has been delegated who is present at a
meeting of the council or committee is to vote.
(3) If the votes of
members present at a council or a committee meeting are equally divided, the
person presiding is to cast a second vote.
(4) If a member of a
council or a committee specifically requests that there be
recorded —
(a) his
or her vote; or
(b) the
vote of all members present,
on a matter voted on
at a meeting of the council or the committee, the person presiding is to cause
the vote or votes, as the case may be, to be recorded in the minutes.
(5) A person who fails
to comply with subsection (2) or (3) commits an offence.
[Section 5.21 amended by No. 49 of 2004
s. 43.]