FOOD ACT 1984 - SECT 60E Procedure at meetings

FOOD ACT 1984 - SECT 60E

    (1)     The Council may not provide advice to the Minister on any matter that is put to a vote of the Council unless at least three quarters of the members of the Council are present when the matter is put to the vote.

    (2)     Any other matter cannot be decided at a meeting of the Council unless more than half of its members are present when the matter is to be decided.

    (3)     The decision on a question of the majority of the members present and voting on the question is the decision of the Council.

    (4)     If there is a Deputy Chairperson, he or she is to preside at meetings of the Council at which he or she is present and at which the Chairperson is not present.

    (5)     If neither the Chairperson nor the Deputy Chairperson (if any) are present at a meeting, the meeting is to be chaired by a member chosen by the members present at the meeting.

    (6)     The person presiding at a meeting has both a deliberative and a casting vote.

    (7)     In all other respects the Council may regulate its own procedure.

S. 60F inserted by No. 98/1997 s. 13.