PASTORAL LAND MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION ACT 1989 - SECT 15
PASTORAL LAND MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION ACT 1989 - SECT 15
(1) A meeting of
the Board will be chaired by the member appointed to preside at meetings or,
in the absence of that person, by a member chosen by the members present from
amongst their own number.
(2) Subject to
subsection (3), the Board may act despite there being vacancies in its
membership.
(3) Four members
constitute a quorum of the Board and no business may be transacted at a
meeting of the Board unless a quorum is present.
(4) 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.
(5) A decision carried
by a majority of the votes cast by the members present at a meeting is a
decision of the Board.
(5a) A conference by
telephone or other electronic means between members of the Board will, for the
purposes of this section, be taken to be a meeting of the Board at which the
participating members are present if—
(a)
notice of the conference is given to all members in the manner determined by
the Board for that purpose; and
(b) each
participating member is capable of communicating with every other
participating member during the conference.
(5b) A proposed
resolution of the Board becomes a valid decision of the Board despite the fact
that it is not voted on at a meeting of the Board if—
(a) a
notice of the proposed resolution is given to all members in accordance with
procedures determined by the Board; and
(b) a
majority of the members expresses concurrence in the proposed resolution by
letter, telex, facsimile transmission or other written communication setting
out the terms of the proposed resolution.
(5c) The Board must
cause accurate minutes of its meetings to be kept.
(6) Subject to this
Act, the proceedings of the Board may be conducted as it thinks fit.