STATE EMERGENCY AND RESCUE MANAGEMENT ACT 1989 - SCHEDULE 3
STATE EMERGENCY AND RESCUE MANAGEMENT ACT 1989 - SCHEDULE 3
SCHEDULE 3 – Provisions relating to members and procedure of State Rescue Board
1 Definitions
In this Schedule--
"Board" means the State Rescue Board.
"member" means a member of the Board.
2 Allowances
A member referred to in section 43 (1) (g) or (h) is entitled to be paid such allowances as the Minister may from time to time determine in respect of the member.
3 General procedure
The procedure for the calling of meetings of the Board and for the conduct of business at those meetings shall, subject to this Act and the regulations, be as determined by the Board.
4 Quorum
The quorum for a meeting of the Board is 5 members.
5 Presiding member
(1) The Chairperson of the Board or, in the absence of the Chairperson, the Deputy Chairperson (or, in the absence of both, another member elected to chair the meeting by the members present) is to preside at a meeting of the Board.
(2) 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.
6 Voting
A decision supported by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present is the decision of the Board.
7 Transaction of business outside meetings or by telephone etc
(1) The Board may, if it thinks fit, transact any of its business by the circulation of papers among all the members of the Board for the time being, and a resolution in writing approved in writing by a majority of those members is to be taken to be a decision of the Board.
(2) The Board 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 resolution under subclause (1), or(b) a meeting held in accordance with subclause (2),the Chairperson and each member have the same voting rights they have at an ordinary meeting of the Board.
(4) A resolution approved under subclause (1) is, subject to the regulations, to be recorded in the minutes of the meetings of the Board.
(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.
8 Committees of Board
(1) The Board may establish committees to assist it in connection with the exercise of any of its functions.
(2) It does not matter that any or all of the members of a committee are not members of the Board.
(3) The procedure for the calling of meetings of a committee and for the conduct of business at those meetings is to be as determined by the Board or (subject to any determination of the Board) by the committee.
9 First meeting
The Minister may call the first meeting of the Board in such manner as the Minister thinks fit.