New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NEW SOUTH WALES CRIME COMMISSION ACT 1985 - SCHEDULE 2

SCHEDULE 2 – Provisions relating to the procedure of the Commission

(Sections 5 (8), 13 (3), 28 (3))

1 Meetings of Commission

(1) The Commissioner may, at any time, convene a meeting of the Commission.

(2) The Commissioner shall convene such meetings of the Commission as, in the Commissioner’s opinion, are necessary for the efficient exercise of its functions.

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

2 Quorum

The quorum for a meeting of the Commission is the Commissioner (or member acting in that position) and any one other member.

3 Presiding member

(1) The Commissioner shall preside at a meeting of the Commission.

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

4 Voting

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

5 Minutes

The Commission shall cause full and accurate minutes to be kept of the proceedings of each meeting of the Commission.

6 First meeting of Commission

The Commissioner shall call the first meeting of the Commission in such manner as the Commissioner thinks fit.

7 Transaction of business outside meetings or by telephone etc

(1) The Commission may, if it thinks fit, transact any of its business by the circulation of papers among all the members for the time being, and a resolution in writing approved in writing by the Commissioner (or a member acting in that position) and at least 1 other member is taken to be a decision of the Commission.

(2) The Commission 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 any member who speaks on a matter before the meeting can be heard by the other members.

(3) For the purposes of:

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

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

the Commissioner and each other member have the same voting rights they have at an ordinary meeting of the Commission.

(4) A decision approved under subclause (1) is, subject to the regulations, to be recorded in the minutes of the meetings of the Commission.

(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.