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ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 150 of 1989 - SECT 128 Meetings of Regional Councils

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 150 of 1989 - SECT 128

Meetings of Regional Councils
128. (1) The Chairperson of a Regional Council shall convene at least 4
meetings of the Regional Council in each calendar year, and may convene such
other meetings of the Regional Council as, in the Chairperson's opinion, are
necessary for the efficient performance of its functions.

(2) The Commission Chairperson:

   (a)  may at any time; and

   (b)  shall whenever the Regional Council does not have a Chairperson;
        convene a meeting of a Regional Council.

(3) The Commission Chairperson shall give members of the Regional Council
concerned at least 14 days notice of a meeting convened in circumstances
mentioned in paragraph (2) (b).

(4) The Chairperson of a Regional Council shall convene a meeting of the
Regional Council upon receipt of a written request for a meeting signed by at
least 4 members of the Regional Council.

(5) At a meeting of a Regional Council a quorum is constituted by a majority
of the number of members of the Regional Council holding office on the day of
the meeting.

(6) The Chairperson of a Regional Council shall preside at all meetings of the
Regional Council at which he or she is present.

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

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

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

(10) A Regional Council shall cause minutes of the proceedings at its meetings
to be kept.

(11) Subject to subsections (12), (13) and (14), a Regional Council may
regulate the conduct of proceedings at its meetings as it thinks fit and, in
particular, may conduct its meetings in accordance with Aboriginal or Torres
Strait Islander tradition and custom.

(12) The Commission shall formulate model rules, not inconsistent with this
Act, for the conduct of proceedings at meetings of Regional Councils.

(13) A Regional Council may:

   (a)  adopt the model rules for the conduct of proceedings at its meetings;

   (b)  adopt the model rules for the conduct of proceedings at its meetings
        with such modifications, not inconsistent with this Act, as the
        Regional Council from time to time determines; or

   (c)  formulate its own rules, not inconsistent with this Act, for the
        conduct of proceedings at its meetings.

(14) Where a Regional Council has not adopted or formulated rules for the
conduct of proceedings at its meetings under subsection (13), proceedings at
meetings of the Regional Council shall be conducted in accordance with the
model rules formulated by the Commission.