Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The committee shall meet as often as it thinks necessary to perform its function under this Act.
(2) The procedure for calling meetings of the committee and for conducting business at the committee's meetings shall, subject to this Act, be as determined by the committee.
(3) Business shall not be conducted at a meeting of the committee unless a quorum is present.
(3A) Four members of the committee of whom--
(a) 1 at least shall be a member ex officio or the deputy of a member ex officio; and
(b) 1 at least shall be a member of a description referred to in section 14(2)(c) or (d) or the deputy of a member of that description;
shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of the committee and, subject to the foregoing provisions, any duly convened meeting shall be competent to transact any business of the committee and may exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties and functions of the committee.
(4) A decision evidenced by the majority of the votes cast by the members present at a duly convened meeting of the committee shall be the decision of the committee.
(4A) The person who presides at any meeting of the committee shall have a casting vote in the event of an equality of votes in respect of any business before that meeting.
(5) The chairperson of the committee shall preside at every meeting of the committee at which the chairperson is present and in the chairperson's absence, the chairperson's deputy (if the deputy is present) shall preside.
(5A) In the absence of both the chairperson and the chairperson's deputy from any meeting of the committee the members present shall, from amongst their number, elect a member to preside at that meeting and at that meeting the member, while so presiding, shall have and may exercise and discharge all the powers, duties and functions of the chairperson
(6) The committee shall cause accurate minutes to be kept of proceedings at its meetings.