New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INNOVATION COUNCIL ACT 1996 - SCHEDULE 2

SCHEDULE 2 – Provisions relating to procedure of Council

(Section 6 (5))

1 Frequency of meetings

The Council must not meet more than 6 times a year unless a simple majority of the members agree to each additional meeting.

2 Convening of meetings

Meetings of the Council may be convened by the Chairperson or by any 5 members.

3 Quorum

The quorum for a meeting of the Council is a simple majority of members.

4 Presiding member

(1) A meeting of the Council is to be presided over by:

(a) the Chairperson, or

(b) in the absence of the Chairperson, the Deputy Chairperson, or

(c) in the absence of the Chairperson and the Deputy Chairperson, a member elected by the members present at the meeting.

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

5 Voting

A decision supported by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of the Council at which a quorum is present is the decision of the Council.

6 Transaction of business outside meetings or by telephone

(1) The Council may, if it thinks fit, transact any of its business by the circulation of papers among all of its members, and a resolution in writing approved in writing by a majority of the members is taken to be a decision of the Council.

(2) The Council may, if it thinks fit, transact any of its business at a meeting at which members (or some members) participate by telephone, closed-circuit television or other means, but only if a member who speaks on a matter at the meeting can be heard by the other members.

(3) For the purposes of:

(a) the approval of a resolution under subclause (1), or

(b) a meeting held in accordance with subclause (2),

each member has the same voting rights as the member has at an ordinary meeting of the Council.

(4) A resolution approved under subclause (1) is to be recorded in the minutes of the meetings of the Council.

(5) Papers may be circulated among members for the purposes of subclause (1) by facsimile or other transmission of the information in the papers concerned.

7 Minutes

The Council must cause full and accurate minutes to be kept of its proceedings at meetings.

8 General procedure

(1) The first meeting of the Council is to be convened by the Minister.

(2) The procedure for the calling of meetings of the Council and for the conduct of business at those meetings is, subject to this Act, to be as determined by the Council.