WESTERN AUSTRALIAN TOURISM COMMISSION ACT 1983 - SECT 8

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN TOURISM COMMISSION ACT 1983 - SECT 8

8 .         Proceedings of Board

        (1)         The Board shall hold its meetings at such place on such days and at such intervals as the Board shall from time to time determine.

        (2)         At any meeting of the Board —

            (a)         a majority of the members constitute a quorum;

            (b)         the chairman, or in his absence the deputy chairman, shall preside but where both are absent from the meeting the members may appoint one of their number to preside at that meeting;

            (c)         each member present is entitled to a deliberative vote; and

            (d)         where the votes cast on any question are equally divided the chairman, or, in his absence the deputy chairman or the presiding member in terms of paragraph (b), shall have a casting vote.

        (2a)         Where, by reason of section 11(2) or (3), a member is not present at a meeting of the Board during consideration of a matter, but there would be a quorum if the member were present, the remaining members present constitute a quorum for the purpose of any deliberation or decision at that meeting in relation to that matter.

        (3)         The Board shall cause accurate minutes to be kept of the proceedings at its meetings.

        (4)         To the extent that it is not prescribed, the Board may determine its own procedure.

        (5)         The Board may from time to time appoint committees of such members or such members and other persons, as it thinks fit and may discharge, alter, continue or reconstitute any committee so appointed.

        (6)         Subject to the directions of the Board, each committee appointed under subsection (5) may determine its own procedures.

        [Section 8 amended: No. 68 of 1994 s. 8.]