Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The chairperson of the committee shall preside at all meetings of the committee.
(2) The committee shall meet at such times and places and conduct its business in such manner as is prescribed or, in so far as not prescribed, as it determines.
(3) A quorum of the committee is a majority of its members.
(3A) Business may be conducted at a meeting of the committee only if a quorum is present.
(4) All matters before a meeting of the committee shall be determined by the majority vote of its members present at the meeting and in the event of an equality of votes the chairperson shall have a casting vote.
(5) A member of the committee who is present at a meeting and abstains from voting shall be taken to have voted in the negative.
(6) The committee may hold meetings, or permit members to take part in meetings, by telephone, closed-circuit television or another type of communication.
(7) A member who takes part in a meeting under subsection (6) is taken to be present at the meeting.