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According to this fact sheet, your chairman MUST rule motions out of order on the following grounds:
Ruling motions out of order
A motion must be ruled out of order if:
- the motion, if carried, would conflict with the legislation or the body corporate by-laws
- the motion, if carried, would conflict with another motion already voted on at the meeting
- the motion, if carried, would be unlawful or unenforceable for another reason
- the substance of the motion was not included on the agenda for the meeting.
The person chairing the meeting must give reasons for ruling a motion out of order, which must be recorded in the minutes. Those who go to the meeting and are entitled to vote may, by ordinary resolution, reverse a ruling.
The grounds could be that the ruling was unenforceable (due to previous votes and passage of time). You can’t prevent someone from proposing a motion – even when it is believed it will be out of order – but the chair can rule it out of order at the meeting without further discussion. After that, it’s just a war of attrition to see who gives up first.