Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIA COUNCIL ACT 1975 - SECT 17A

             (1)  The Council may appoint Committees to assist the Council in the performance of its functions or the exercise of its powers.

             (2)  The Council may appoint Committees to assist a Board in the performance of the Board's functions or the exercise of the Board's powers.

             (3)  A Committee consists of such persons as the Council thinks fit.

             (4)  The Council may from time to time give directions to a Committee that has been appointed to assist a Board in relation to the assistance to be given to the Board.

             (5)  A Board may from time to time give directions to a Committee that has been appointed to assist it in relation to the assistance to be given to the Board.

             (6)  Where inconsistent directions are given to a Committee by the Council and a Board in relation to a particular matter, the Committee must act in accordance with the directions of the Council.

             (7)  If a Committee so determines, a member of the Committee may participate in, and form part of a quorum at, a meeting of the Committee by means of any of the following methods of communication:

                     (a)  telephone;

                     (b)  closed circuit television;

                     (c)  another method of communication determined by the Committee.

             (8)  A determination by a Committee under subsection (7) may be made in respect of a particular meeting, or in respect of all meetings, of the Committee.

             (9)  If a Committee so determines, a resolution must be taken to have been passed at a meeting of the Committee if, without meeting, a majority of the number of members who would, if present at a meeting of the Committee and entitled to vote on the resolution at that meeting, have constituted a quorum of the Committee indicate agreement with the resolution in accordance with the method determined by the Committee.