Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Swinburne University of Technology Act 1992 - SECT 17

Procedure of Council

17. Procedure of Council



(1) A question arising at a meeting of the Council shall be determined by a
majority of votes of members present and voting on that question, unless this
Act otherwise provides.

(2) If voting on a question at a meeting of the Council is equal, the person
presiding has a casting vote as well as a deliberative vote.

(3) A question (including a question referred to in subsection (4)) shall not
be decided at a meeting of the Council unless there are present at the meeting
at least half the members of the Council then in office.

(4) A question of appointing one or more persons as members of the Council
under section 7(2)(i), shall not be decided unless at least half the members
present are members who hold office under section 7(2)(a), (g), (h) or (i).

(5) The Council must meet at least 6 times in each year.

(6) Subject to this Act and the Statutes and regulations, the Council may
regulate its own proceedings.