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DOG AND CAT MANAGEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 17

DOG AND CAT MANAGEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 17

17—Proceedings

        (1)         A quorum of the Board consists of 5 members.

        (2)         The member appointed to chair the Board will preside at meetings of the Board at which he or she is present.

        (3)         If the member appointed to chair the Board is absent from a meeting of the Board, the following provisions apply:

            (a)         if another person has been appointed as that member's deputy and is present at the meeting—the deputy will preside at the meeting;

            (b)         in any other case—a member chosen by the members present at the meeting will preside at the meeting.

        (4)         A decision carried by a majority of the votes cast by members at a meeting is a decision of the Board.

        (5)         Each member present at a meeting of the Board has one vote on any question arising for decision and, if the votes are equal, the member presiding at the meeting may exercise a casting vote.

        (6)         The Board must cause accurate minutes to be kept of its proceedings.

        (7)         Subject to this Act, the Board may determine its own procedures.