New South Wales Consolidated Acts

POULTRY MEAT INDUSTRY ACT 1986 - SCHEDULE 2

SCHEDULE 2 – Provisions relating to the procedure of the Committee and the Advisory Group

(Sections 4 (6) and 6A (6))

1A Definitions

In this Schedule:
"Chairperson" means Chairperson of the Committee or Chairperson of the Advisory Group, as the context requires.
"member" means member of the Committee or member of the Advisory Group, as the context requires.

1 General procedure

The procedure for the calling of meetings of the Committee or Advisory Group and for the conduct of business at those meetings shall, subject to this Act, be as determined by the Committee or Advisory Group.

2 Quorum

(1) The quorum for a meeting of the Committee is 2 members.

(2) The quorum for a meeting of the Advisory Group is 4 members.

3 Presiding member

(1) The Chairperson or, in the absence of the Chairperson, another member elected as chairperson for the meeting by the members present shall preside at a meeting of the Committee or Advisory Group.

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

4 Voting

(1) The person presiding at any meeting of the Committee or Advisory Group may, if he or she thinks fit, and shall, if requested to do so by any member, require a vote on any matter to be taken by secret ballot.

(2) A decision supported by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of the Committee or Advisory Group at which a quorum is present shall be the decision of the Committee or Advisory Group.

5 Minutes

The Committee or Advisory Group shall cause full and accurate minutes to be kept of the proceedings of each meeting of the Committee or Advisory Group.

6 Meetings of Committee or Advisory Group

(1) The Committee or Advisory Group shall meet at least twice in every period of 12 months and shall meet at any time if so requested by the Minister or by a quorum of its members.

(2) The Committee or Advisory Group may, if it thinks fit, transact any of its business by the circulation of papers among all of its members for the time being, and a resolution in writing approved in writing by a majority of those members is taken to be a decision of the Committee or Advisory Group.

(3) The Committee or Advisory Group 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.

(4) For the purposes of:

(a) the approval of a resolution under subclause (2), or

(b) a meeting held in accordance with subclause (3),

the Chairperson and each member have the same voting rights as they have at an ordinary meeting of the Committee or Advisory Group.

(5) A resolution approved under subclause (2) is, subject to the regulations, to be recorded in the minutes of the meetings of the Committee or Advisory Group.

(6) Papers may be circulated among the members for the purposes of subclause (2) by facsimile or other transmission of the information in the papers concerned.