New South Wales Consolidated Acts

OPTICAL DISPENSERS ACT 1963 - SECT 12

12 President and deputy president

(1) Of the members of the board, one member (being an optical dispenser) shall, in and by the relevant instrument of appointment as such a member, or by another instrument executed by the Governor, be appointed as president of the board and one member shall be so appointed as deputy president of the board.

(2) The deputy president, during the absence or illness of the president, shall act in the office of the president and, while so acting, has (except as provided by section 22A) all the powers, authorities, duties and functions of the president.

(3) The president or, in the absence of the president, the deputy president or, in the absence of both the president and the deputy president, another member of the board elected to chair the meeting by the members present shall preside at a meeting of the board.

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

(5) The Governor may remove a member of the board from the office of president or deputy president at any time.

(6) A person vacates office as president or deputy president if the person:

(a) is removed from that office by the Governor,

(b) resigns that office by instrument in writing addressed to the Minister, or

(c) ceases to be a member of the board.