Commonwealth Numbered Acts

EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND TRAINING ACT 1988 No. 80 of 1988 - SECT 22

22. (1) The Minister or the Chairperson of the Board shall convene such
meetings of the Board as the Minister or Chairperson considers necessary for
the efficient performance of the Board's functions.

(2) Meetings shall be held at such places as the Chairperson determines.

(3) The Chairperson shall preside at all meetings at which he or she is
present.

(4) Where the Chairperson is not present at a meeting:

   (a)  if the Deputy Chairperson is present at the meeting-the Deputy
        Chairperson shall preside at the meeting; or

   (b)  if paragraph (a) does not apply-the members present shall appoint one
        of their number to preside at the meeting.

(5) Subject to this Act, the person presiding at a meeting may give directions
regarding the procedure to be followed at or in connection with that meeting.

(6) At a meeting:

   (a)  a majority of the members appointed to the Board constitute a quorum;

   (b)  all questions shall be decided by a majority of votes of the members
        present and voting; and

   (c)  the person presiding has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an
        equality of votes, also has a casting vote.

(7) Where a member is not present during any deliberation of the Board with
respect to a matter because the member is precluded under subsection 60 (2)
from being so present, then, for the purposes of ascertaining whether the
members present during that deliberation constitute a quorum of the Board, the
first-mentioned member shall be deemed to be present during that deliberation.

(8) Where a majority of the members of the Board sign a document containing a
statement that they are in favour of a resolution in terms set out in the
document, a resolution in those terms shall be deemed to have been passed at a
duly constituted meeting of the Board held on the day on which the document
was signed, or, if the members sign the document on different days, on the
last of those days.

(9) For the purposes of subsection (8), 2 or more separate documents
containing statements in identical terms each of which is signed by one or
more members shall together be deemed to constitute one document containing a
statement in those terms signed by those members on the respective days on
which they signed the separate documents.

(10) A person other than a member, may with the approval of the Board, take
part in the deliberations at a meeting of the Board but such a person is not
entitled to vote on any question arising for decision at the meeting.

(11) The Board shall keep records of its meetings.