Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Meat Industry Act 1993 - SECT 52

Procedure of the Authority

52. Procedure of the Authority



(1) Meetings of the Authority are to be held at the times and places
determined by the Authority.

(2) The Authority may permit its members to participate in a particular
meeting or in all meetings, by telephone, closed-circuit television or other
means of communication.

(3) A member who participates in a meeting under permission under subsection
(2) is to be taken to be present at the meeting.

(4) At a meeting of the Authority the person who must preside is-

   (a)  its chairperson; or

   (b)  if the chairperson is absent, the deputy chairperson; or

   (c)  if the chairperson and deputy chairperson are absent, a member elected
        to preside by the members present at the meeting.

(5) The decision of the Authority at a meeting is the decision of the majority
of votes cast at a meeting at which a quorum is present.

(6) The person presiding at a meeting of the Authority has a deliberative vote
and also, if the voting is equal, a casting vote.

(7) 6 members of the Authority constitute a quorum.

(8) The Authority must keep a record of its own proceedings.

(9) Subject to this Act, the Authority may regulate its own proceedings.