NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1980 (REPEALED) - SECT 24 Procedure at meetings
This legislation has been repealed.
NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1980 (REPEALED) - SECT 24
Procedure at meetings(1) The chairperson shall preside at all committee meetings at which he or she is present.
(2) Where the chairperson is not present at a meeting, the deputy chairperson shall preside.
(3) Where the chairperson and the deputy chairperson are both absent from a meeting, the members present shall elect 1 of their number to preside.
(4) The member presiding at a meeting may give directions regarding the procedure to be followed in connection with the meeting.
(5) Questions arising at a meeting shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting.
(6) The member presiding at a meeting has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, a casting vote.
(7) The committee shall keep minutes of its proceedings.