Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PRICES SURVEILLANCE ACT 1983 No. 145, 1983 - SECT 30

30. (1) The Chairman may, by writing signed by him, determine that, for the
purposes of a specified inquiry and report, the powers of the Authority under
this Act may be exercised by a Division of the Authority constituted by a
specified member or specified members.

(2) Where the Chairman has made a determination under sub-section (1), he may,
by writing signed by him, at any time before the Division of the Authority
specified in the determination has completed the inquiry and report so
specified, revoke the determination or amend the determination in relation to
the membership of the Division or in any other respect, and, where the
membership of a Division of the Authority is changed, the Division as
constituted after the change may complete the inquiry and report for the
purposes of which the Division was constituted.

(3) For the purposes of an inquiry and report specified in a determination
made under sub-section (1), the Authority shall be deemed to consist of the
Division of the Authority specified in the determination.

(4) At a meeting of a Division of the Authority constituted by 2 or more
members-

   (a)  if the Chairman is a member of the Division and is present at the
        meeting-the Chairman shall preside;

   (b)  if the Chairman is not a member of the Division, and a member of the
        Division nominated by the Chairman to preside at meetings of the
        Division is present at the meeting-that member shall preside; and

   (c)  in any other case-a member of the Division nominated by the Chairman
        to preside at that meeting shall preside.

(5) Notwithstanding section 16, at a meeting of a Division of the Authority
constituted by 3 or more members, 2 members form a quorum.

(6) A Division of the Authority may sit and exercise powers of the Authority
under this Act notwithstanding that another Division of the Authority is
sitting and exercising powers of the Authority at the same time.