NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 9 — 30 JANUARY 2017

chairperson means the chairperson of the council and where appropriate also includes any person acting as the chairperson of any committee or sub-committee of the council.
[s. 26J or 26ZC CA]

Chief Executive means the manager of a council appointed under section 26F(2)(b) of the Conservation Act 1987 (defined as Director under this Act), irrespective of their designation, and includes for the purposes of these standing orders, any other officer authorised by the council.

committee includes, in relation to the council a:

• committee comprising all the members of the council; and
• standing committee or special sub-committee appointed by the council.

co-opted means a person co-opted as a member of the council who is entitled to attend and speak at any meeting of the council, but shall not be entitled to vote on any question.
[s. 26E CA]

council in these standing orders means the council and/or committees of that council covered by these standing orders, being a Fish & Game Council as defined in the Conservation Act 1987.

division means a verification of a voice vote. It does not require a count unless the chairperson instructs names to be recorded of those voting “aye” or “nay”. Members can merely raise their hands or stand.

lot means in the event of a tie, the result is resolved by the candidates concerned being asked to draw their names out of a hat or by the toss of a coin.
[similar to what is specified under cl.16 FGCER]

manager means the manager of the Fish and Game Council, appointed under section 26T of the Conservation Act 1987, or any staff member acting in that role.

meeting means any first, ordinary or extraordinary meeting of a council; and any meeting of any committee or standing committee or special committee or subcommittee of the council.

Any meeting of a council or of any committee or subcommittee of a council, at which no resolutions or decisions are made, is not a meeting for the purposes of the LGOIMA. Therefore the provisions of Public Access in these standing orders need not apply.
[s. 45 LGOIMA]

member means any person elected or co-opted to the council or to any committee or subcommittee of the council.
[s. 2 LGOIMA]

minutes means the record of the proceedings of any meeting of the council and its committees.
[s. 45(1) LGOIMA]

officer means any Fish and Game officer specified as such in these standing orders.

ordinary meeting means any meeting publicly notified by the council in accordance with section 46(1) and (2) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987. It also means a meeting open to the public.

public excluded information refers to information which is currently before a public excluded session or proposed to be considered at a public excluded session, or had previously been considered at a public excluded session and not yet released as publicly available information. It includes any:

• minutes (or portions of minutes) of public excluded sessions which have not been subsequently released by the council; and
• other information which has not been released by the council as publicly available information.

public excluded session refers to those meetings or parts of meetings from which the public is excluded by the council as provided for in section 48 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.

publicly notified means notified to members of the public by notice on the website of that council, or contained in some newspaper circulating in the region of the council, or by notice affixed in view of the public outside the venue to which the notice relates.
[s. 2 LGOIMA modified to include website]

quorum means the minimum number of members required to be present to constitute a valid meeting.

working day means any day of the week other than: