Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts14. Calling of meetings, procedure, &c.
(1) The Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the Board shall call such meetings of the Board as are necessary for the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers.
(2) The Minister may, at any time, direct the Chairman or the Deputy Chairman to call a meeting of the Board and the Chairman or Deputy Chairman shall call a meeting accordingly.
(3) At a meeting of the Board -
(a) the Chairman, if present, or, if the Chairman is not present, the Deputy Chairman, shall preside or, if neither the Chairman nor Deputy Chairman is present, the members of the Board present shall elect one of their number to preside;
(b) subject to subsection (4), 7 members, of whom 4 shall be members appointed under section 10(1)(a), constitute a quorum;
(c) questions arising shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and, in the event of an equality of votes, the person presiding shall have a casting vote as well as a deliberative vote; and
(d) subject to this Act, the Board shall determine the procedures to be followed at or in connection with the meeting.
(4) A member of the Board may, in writing under the member's hand or with the member's authority, give to another member a general authority to vote for the first-mentioned member at a meeting of the Board and the member given that authority may vote for the first-mentioned member at that meeting and shall, for the purposes of subsection (3)(b), be counted towards a quorum as though he or she were also the first-mentioned member.
(5) The Board shall cause records of its meetings to be kept and, as soon as practicable after each meeting, shall cause a copy of the minutes of the meeting to be given to each member of the Board, to the Jawoyn Association, to the Minister and to the Land Council.
(6) A member of the Board may require the Board to admit to a meeting of the Board such persons as the member considers necessary to advise the member on matters being considered at the meeting and may require the Board to allow such persons, or any of them, to address the meeting on the member's behalf, and the Board shall admit those persons and allow them to address the meeting accordingly.
(7) A person admitted to a meeting of the Board pursuant to subsection (6) shall not vote on any matter at that meeting.