Western Australian Consolidated Acts

HERITAGE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA ACT 1990 - SECT 24

24 .         Proceedings of the Council

        (1)         Subject to this Act and the Interpretation Act 1984 the proceedings of the Council may be regulated in such manner as the members think fit.

        (2)         A meeting of the Council may be convened by the Minister or by the Chairperson, and where 3 or more members give notice in writing to the Chairperson requiring the Chairperson to convene a meeting in relation to any matter the Chairperson shall at their request convene a meeting of the Council to be held within 14 days thereafter to deal with that matter.

        (3)         In the absence or incapacity of the Chairperson and of any person to whom the Chairperson has given a relevant delegation under section 22(2), the members present at a meeting shall select one of their number to preside, and the person so selected has and may exercise all the powers of the Chairperson whilst so presiding.

        (4)         A record of the proceedings of every meeting shall be kept in such manner as the Minister may direct or approve, and shall be corrected as necessary and certified by the member presiding at that or the next succeeding meeting, and the Council shall ensure that the Minister is furnished with those minutes and with any further or other information and reports on the activities or proposed activities of the Council that the Minister may require.

        (5)         No act or omission on the part of a person acting in place of another under this Division shall be questioned on the ground that the occasion for the appointment or acting had not arisen or had ceased.

        (6)         A question arising at a meeting of the Council shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present and eligible to vote, and the member presiding at that meeting may exercise both a deliberative vote and, in the event of the votes recorded being otherwise equal, a casting vote.

        (7)         The Minister shall convene the first meeting of the Council as soon as practicable after the coming into operation of this section, and thereafter the Council shall hold meetings at such times and places as the Minister directs or the Council determines.

        (8)         In all cases of dispute, doubt or difficulty respecting or arising out of matters of procedure or order, the decision of the member presiding is final.