Resolutions without meeting
20A Resolutions without meeting
The Council may pass a resolution without a Council meeting being held if a majority of the members entitled to vote on the resolution:
sign a document containing a statement that they are in favour of the resolution set out in the document; or
otherwise indicate, in accordance with a method determined by the Council, that they are in favour of the resolution.
For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), separate copies of a document may be used for signing by the members if the wording of the resolution and statement is identical in each copy.
The resolution is passed when the last of the members signs the document or otherwise indicates that he or she is in favour of the resolution.
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