Who is entitled to attend meetings?
10 Who is entitled to attend meetings?
Except as provided by this Part—
everyone is entitled to attend a meeting of the council and those of its committees of which all the members are councillors, and
a council must ensure that all meetings of the council and of such committees are open to the public.
However, a person (whether a councillor or another person) is not entitled to be present at a meeting of the council or of such a committee if expelled from the meeting—
by a resolution of the meeting, or
by the person presiding at the meeting if the council has, by resolution, authorised the person presiding to exercise the power of expulsion.
A person may be expelled from a meeting only on the grounds specified in, or in the circumstances prescribed by, the regulations.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
). Made under this Act:
- Local Government (Armidale and Inverell—Alteration of Boundaries) Proclamation 2019 · Regulation
- Local Government (Bayside) Proclamation 2016 · Regulation
- Local Government (City of Parramatta and Cumberland) Proclamation 2016 · Regulation
5 more instruments made under this Act are listed on the Act’s overview.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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