Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT - SECT 64

(1) The Chair of a meeting of a local board or council committee will be:

(a) in the case of a local board - a member appointed by the board as its Chair; or

(b) in the case of a council committee - a member appointed by the council as Chair of the committee; or

(c) if the Chair is not present (or no-one currently holds the position of the Chair) - a member chosen by the members present at the meeting to chair the meeting.

(2) A quorum at a meeting of a local board or council committee consists of a majority of its members.

(3) If a quorum is not present within 30 minutes after the time appointed for a meeting, the meeting is postponed to a time and place to be fixed by the CEO and notified to the members.

(4) A member who is not physically present at a meeting is taken to be present at the meeting if:

(a) the member's attendance at the meeting by means of an audio or audiovisual conferencing system is authorised in accordance with council policy; and

(b) communication is established by means of the conferencing system, at or around the commencement of the meeting, between the member and the members present at the place appointed for the meeting; and

(c) the member has the same or substantially the same opportunity to participate in debate, and to register an opinion, on questions arising for decision as if the member were physically present at the meeting.

(5) A decision of a local board or a council committee is to be by majority vote of the members present at a meeting.

(6) Subject to this Act, and any direction by the council, a local board or council committee may determine its own procedures.