FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 161 Procedure of the Committee
FIREARMS ACT 1996 - SECT 161
Procedure of the Committee(1) The chairperson must preside at a meeting of the Committee at which he or she is present.
(2) In the absence of the chairperson, the members present may elect a member to preside at the meeting.
(3) A question arising at a meeting of the Committee is to be determined by a majority of votes of the members present at the meeting.
(4) The person presiding at the meeting has a deliberative vote and, if the members are equally divided in opinion, a second or casting vote.
S. 161(5) amended by No. 2/2018 s. 29.
(5) A quorum of the Committee consists of 8 members.
(6) Except as otherwise provided for in this Act, the Committee may regulate its own proceedings.