Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

Appointment, functions, and powers of persons involved in civil defence emergency management - Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups

19: Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups to follow model standing orders

You could also call this:

"Emergency groups must follow standard meeting rules or agree on their own rules that comply with the law."

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When you are part of a Civil Defence Emergency Management Group, you have to follow some rules at meetings. These rules are called standing orders and they are based on a standard called NZS: 9202:1992. You can agree to use different rules, but you need to agree with at least three-quarters of the other representatives at the meeting. If you decide to use different rules, they must not go against the Local Government Act 2002 or the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987. You have to make sure your rules do not break any other laws either.

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Part 2Appointment, functions, and powers of persons involved in civil defence emergency management
Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups

19Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups to follow model standing orders

Unless three-quarters of the representatives of the members of a Civil Defence Emergency Management Group present at a meeting of the Group agree otherwise, at its meetings the Group must follow the New Zealand Standard for standing orders (NZS: 9202:1992) or any New Zealand Standard substituted for that standard.
If the representatives of the members of the Group agree in accordance with subsection (1) to adopt other standing orders, those standing orders must not contravene the provisions of the Local Government Act 2002, the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, or any other enactment.

Notes

Section 19(2): amended, on 1 July 2003, by section 262 of the Local Government Act 2002 (2002 No 84).