Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Public Prosecutions Act 1994 - SECT 44

Meetings of Committee

44. Meetings of Committee



(1) Meetings of the Committee for Public Prosecutions shall be held at the
times and places determined by the Committee or directed by the chairperson.

(2) The chairperson must preside at any meeting of the Committee at which he
or she is present.

(3) If the chairperson is absent, a member elected by the members present must
preside.

(4) A quorum for a meeting of the Committee is 3.

(5) A question arising at a meeting of the Committee must be determined by a
majority of votes of the members present and voting on that question and, if
the votes are equal, the person presiding has a casting vote as well as a
deliberative vote.





(6) An act or decision of the Committee is not invalid only because-

   (a)  of a vacancy in the office of a member; or

   (b)  of a defect or irregularity in or in connection with the appointment
        of a member under section 42(2)(d).

(7) Subject to this Part, the Committee may regulate its own meeting
procedure.