Victoria University of Technology Act 1990 - SECT 17 Procedure of Council

This legislation has been repealed.

Victoria University of Technology Act 1990 - 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 (other than a question referred to in subsection (3A), shall
not be decided at a meeting of the Council unless there are present at the
meeting at least 11 members.

(3A) A question of appointing one or more persons as members of the Council
under section 7(2)(i) shall not be decided unless there are present at least 7
persons or one half of the members of the Council then in office, whichever is
the greater, of whom not more than half hold office under section 7(2)(e) or
(f).

(4) The Council must meet at least six times in each year.

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