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Decision-makingN.I.

Simple majorityN.I.

39—(1) Subject to this Act and any other statutory provision, every decision of a council must be taken by a simple majority.

(2) In the case of an equality of votes in relation to a decision which must be taken by a simple majority the person presiding has a second or casting vote.

(3) In this section “simple majority” in relation to a decision of a council means more than half the votes of the members present and voting on the decision.

(4) This section applies to a committee or sub-committee of a council and to a joint committee or a sub-committee of a joint committee as it applies to a council.

Commencement Information

I1S. 39 in operation at 2.6.2014 for specified purposes by S.R. 2014/153, art. 3, Sch. 2

Qualified majorityN.I.

40—(1) Standing orders must specify decisions which are to be taken by a qualified majority.

(2) In this Act “qualified majority” in relation to a decision of a council means 80 per cent. of the votes of the members present and voting on the decision.

(3) If the figure arrived at under subsection (2) is not a whole number, the figure must be rounded up to the next whole number.

(4) Regulations may amend the percentage mentioned in subsection (2).

(5) This section applies to a committee or sub-committee of a council and to a joint committee or a sub-committee of a joint committee as it applies to a council.

Commencement Information

I2S. 40 in operation at 2.6.2014 for specified purposes by S.R. 2014/153, art. 3, Sch. 2

Power to require decisions to be reconsideredN.I.

41—(1) Standing orders must make provision requiring reconsideration of a decision if 15 per cent. of the members of the council (rounded up to the next highest whole number if necessary) present to the clerk of the council a requisition on either or both of the following grounds—

(a)that the decision was not arrived at after a proper consideration of the relevant facts and issues;

(b)that the decision would disproportionately affect adversely any section of the inhabitants of the district.

(2) Standing orders must require the clerk of the council to obtain an opinion from a practising barrister or solicitor before reconsideration of a decision on a requisition made wholly or partly on the ground mentioned in subsection (1)(b).

(3) Regulations may amend the percentage mentioned in subsection (1) and the process by which a legal opinion is obtained in subsection (2).

(4) In this section—

decision” means a decision of the council or a committee of the council and includes a decision to make a recommendation;

reconsideration” means—

(a)

in the case of a decision of the council, reconsideration by the council;

(b)

in any other case, consideration by the council or any specified committee of the council (whether or not the decision is a decision of that committee);

section”, in relation to the inhabitants of a district, means a section of a specified description;

specified” means specified in standing orders.

Commencement Information

I3S. 41 in operation at 2.6.2014 for specified purposes by S.R. 2014/153, art. 3, Sch. 2

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