Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts The presence of at
least one-third of the members of the Legislative Council, exclusive of the
President, shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the despatch of
business; and all questions which shall arise in the Legislative Council shall
be decided by a majority of votes of the members present, other than the
President, and when the votes are equal the President shall have the casting
vote:
Provided always, that
if the whole number of members constituting the Legislative Council shall not
be exactly divisible by 3, the quorum of the Legislative Council shall consist
of such whole number as is next greater than one-third of the members of the
Legislative Council.
[ 15. Deleted by No. 64 of 2006 s. 5.]
[ 16. Deleted by No. 72 of 1963 s. 9.]
[ 17. Deleted by No. 72 of 1963 s. 10.]