Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The chairman shall
preside at all meetings of an authority at which he is present.
(2) If the chairman is
not present at a meeting of an authority the deputy chairman of the authority
shall preside at the meeting.
(3) Where the chairman
and deputy chairman of an authority are both absent from a meeting of the
authority the members present shall appoint one of their number present to
preside at the meeting.
(4) An authority shall
conduct its proceedings in such manner as may be prescribed and, until
prescribed, as the authority may determine, but in any case —
(a) 3
members, or 2 members and the chairman, constitute a quorum for the conduct of
business;
(b) each
member present at a meeting, including a member presiding at the meeting,
shall be entitled to a deliberative vote on the determination of a matter
arising at the meeting and the matter shall be determined by a majority of
those votes;
(c) if
the deliberative votes in a matter arising at a meeting are equally divided
the matter shall be deemed to be resolved in the negative.