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NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 19A

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 19A

19A—Proceedings of Council

        (1)         5 of the members of the Council constitute a quorum of the Council and no business may be conducted by the Council unless a quorum is present.

        (2)         The Director may nominate a person to attend and vote at a meeting of the Council on his or her behalf.

        (3)         The presiding member will preside at each meeting of the Council at which he or she is present.

        (4)         If the presiding member is absent, a member chosen by the members present will preside at the meeting.

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

        (6)         Each member present at a meeting of the Council has 1 vote on any question arising for decision and, if the votes are equal, the member presiding at the meeting may exercise a casting vote.

        (7)         A conference by telephone or other electronic means between members will, for the purposes of this section, be taken to be a meeting of the Council at which the participating members are present if—

            (a)         notice of the conference is given to all members in the manner determined by the Council for that purpose; and

            (b)         each participating member is capable of communicating with every other participating member during the conference.

        (8)         A proposed resolution of the Council becomes a valid decision of the Council despite the fact that it is not voted on at a meeting of the Council if—

            (a)         notice of the proposed resolution is given to all members in accordance with procedures determined by the Council; and

            (b)         a majority of the members express their concurrence in the proposed resolution by letter, email, telex, facsimile transmission or other written communication setting out the terms of the resolution.

        (9)         The Council must cause accurate minutes to be kept of its proceedings.

        (10)         Subject to this Act, the Council may determine its own procedures.