Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIA COUNCIL ACT 1975 - SECT 29

             (1)  A Board shall hold such meetings as are necessary for the performance of its functions.

             (2)  The meetings of a Board shall be convened by the Chairperson of the Board.

             (3)  Where the Council requests the Chairperson of a Board to do so, the Chairperson shall forthwith convene a meeting of the Board.

             (4)  At a meeting of a Board a quorum is constituted by a majority of the members of the Board for the time being holding office.

             (5)  The Chairperson of a Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board at which he or she is present.

             (6)  If the Chairperson of a Board is not present at a meeting of the Board, the members present shall elect one of their number to preside at the meeting.

             (7)  Questions arising at a meeting of a Board shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting.

             (8)  The person presiding at a meeting of a Board has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, also has a casting vote.

             (9)  In relation to a time when a person is acting as Chairperson of a Board, references in this section to the Chairperson of that Board shall be read as references to that person.

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

                     (a)  telephone;

                     (b)  closed circuit television;

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

           (11)  A determination by a Board under subsection (10) may be made in respect of a particular meeting, or in respect of all meetings, of the Board.

           (12)  A member of a Board who participates in a meeting as provided by subsection (10) is taken for the purposes of this Part to be present at the meeting.

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