New South Wales Consolidated Acts

AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY SERVICES ACT 1998 - SCHEDULE 2

SCHEDULE 2 – Procedure for meetings of a committee’s constituents

(Section 14)

1 Procedure at meetings

(1) The procedure for convening meetings of a committee’s constituents and for the conduct of those meetings is, subject to this Act and the regulations, to be as determined by the committee.

(2) The question of whether an instruction should be given to the committee in relation to the exercise of its functions may not form part of the business of a meeting unless notice of the motion to raise the question has been given to the chairperson of the committee at least 14 days before the date of the meeting.

2 Quorum for meetings

The quorum for a meeting of a committee’s constituents is as prescribed by the committee’s foundation regulation.

3 Presiding member at meetings

(1) The person to preside at a meeting of a committee’s constituents is to be:

(a) the chairperson, or

(b) in the absence of the chairperson, the deputy chairperson, or

(c) in the absence of both the chairperson and the deputy chairperson, a member appointed by the constituents present at the meeting.

(2) The person presiding has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, has a second or casting vote.

4 Attendance and voting at meetings

(1) Any owner or occupier of land within a committee’s area of operations may attend a meeting of the committee’s constituents, but only the committee’s constituents are entitled to vote at the meeting.

(2) Each of the committee’s constituents has a single vote only.

(3) Proxy voting is allowed, subject to the regulations.

5 Minutes of meetings

A committee is to cause full and accurate minutes to be kept of the proceedings of meetings of the committee’s constituents.