EC Meeting Papers March 2018

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Procedural Motions

5.1

The following procedural motions may be proposed: (a)

that permission be given to withdraw a motion or an amendment;

(b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g)

that the question be now put;

that the meeting proceed to the next business; that consideration of the motion be adjourned;

that the motion be referred back; that the time limit be extended;

that the minutes cease to be taken for a specified period;

(h) that the conduct of a member of the Council named by the Chairman be discussed.

5.2

All procedural motions shall require a proposer and seconder.

5.3 The proposer of a procedural motion shall have one minute to explain his/her reasons.

5.4 The Chairman shall have the right to refuse a motion under 5.1(b) or (c) if he/she feels that the item on the table has not been sufficiently discussed.

5.5 If a motion under 5.1(b) or (c) is proposed, the proposer of the original motion shall have one minute in which to reply.

5.6 No member who has spoken in a debate shall be allowed to propose or second under 5.1 (b) or (c) a procedural motion curtailing that same debate.

5.7 Except as indicated above there shall be no debate on a motion proposed under 5.1 (b) or (c).

5.8 If a motion under 5.1(g) is proposed, the period of time during which no minutes shall be taken shall be specified but any decisions taken during this period shall be recorded. 5.9 Written notice of any proposal for a rescission of a resolution of Council shall be received by the Chairman at least twenty-one days before the meeting at which such a proposal is to be tabled. No such proposal shall be allowed unless six calendar months have elapsed since the resolution was carried or unless at least two thirds of those present and entitled to vote shall vote in favour of rescission or unless the proposal in question is a valid amendment to a proposal to be made on behalf of the Council at the next general meeting. 5.10 Any member shall be entitled to propose or second a motion that the meeting be adjourned to a specified date, time and place, but such a proposal shall not be allowed to interrupt a speaker on the floor and such a proposal shall not carry any right of reply. 6.1 A point of order may be raised at any time provided that the member raising it shall state his/her objection which may be on the grounds of: (a) a breach of Standing Orders; (b) irrelevance or repetition; (c) impropriety; (d) exceeding the time limit. The Chairman shall give an immediate ruling upon a point of order and the speaker under challenge may contest the point of order only if invited to do so by the Chairman. 6.2 A point of information may be raised by permission of the Chairman and the speaker on the floor and, if allowed, shall be used only to seek clarification or to contest the factual accuracy of what has been said. 6 Points of Order/Information

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