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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 5.6

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 5.6

5.6 .         Who presides at council meetings

        (1)         The mayor or president is to preside at all meetings of the council.

        (2)         If the circumstances mentioned in section 5.34(a) or (b) apply the deputy mayor or deputy president may preside at a meeting of the council in accordance with that section.

        (3)         If the circumstances mentioned in section 5.34(a) or (b) apply and —

            (a)         the office of deputy mayor or deputy president is vacant; or

            (b)         the deputy mayor or deputy president is not available or is unable or unwilling to perform the functions of mayor or president,

                then, the council is to choose one of the councillors present to preside at the meeting.