ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 150 of 1989 - SECT 167 Meetings of Corporation Board

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 150 of 1989 - SECT 167

167. (1) The Corporation Chairperson shall convene such meetings of the
Corporation Board as, in the Chairperson's opinion, are necessary for the
efficient performance of the Corporation Board's responsibilities.

(2) At a meeting of the Corporation Board a quorum is constituted by 5
Directors.

(3) Where:

   (a)  a Director who is present at a meeting is required by section 163 not
        to be present during the deliberations, or to take part in any
        decision, of the Corporation Board with respect to a particular
        matter; and

   (b)  when the Director leaves the meeting there is no longer a quorum
        present; the Directors remaining at the meeting constitute a quorum
        for the purpose of any deliberation or decision at that meeting with
        respect to that matter.

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

(5) If the Corporation Chairperson is not present at a meeting of the
Corporation Board:

   (a)  if the Deputy Chairperson of the Corporation Board is present, the
        Deputy Chairperson of the Corporation Board shall preside at the
        meeting; and

   (b)  in any other case, the Directors present shall elect one of their
        number to preside at the meeting.

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

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

(8) The Corporation Board may regulate the conduct of proceedings at its
meetings as it thinks fit and shall cause minutes of those proceedings to be
kept.

(9) If the Corporation Board so determines, a Director may participate in, and
form part of a quorum at, a meeting of the Corporation 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 Corporation Board.

(10) A determination of the Corporation Board under subsection (9) may be made
in respect of a particular meeting, or in respect of all meetings, of the
Corporation Board.

(11) A Director who participates in a meeting as provided by subsection (9)
shall be taken for the purposes of this section and section 163 to be present
at the meeting.