SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND WATER (DISTRIBUTION AND RETAIL RESTRUCTURING) ACT 2009 - SECT 40
Conduct of meetings
SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND WATER (DISTRIBUTION AND RETAIL RESTRUCTURING) ACT 2009 - SECT 40
Conduct of meetings
40 Conduct of meetings
(1) A quorum of a board must consist of at least 1 independent member.
(2) A
question at a board meeting is decided by a majority of the votes of the
members present when the question is decided.
(3) Each member present at the
meeting has a vote on each question to be decided and if the votes are equal
the member presiding also has a casting vote.
(4) A board may hold meetings
or allow members to take part in its meetings by using any technology that
reasonably allows members to hear and take part in discussions as they happen.
Example of use of technology—
teleconferencing
(5) A member who takes
part in a meeting under subsection (4) is taken to be present at the meeting.
(6) A resolution is validly made by a board even if it is not passed at a
board meeting, if—
(a) notice of the resolution is given under procedures
approved by the board; and
(b) a majority of the board members give written
agreement to the resolution.