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Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983
5ATransaction of business outside meetings or by electronic means
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#### 5A Transaction of business outside meetings or by electronic means
5A Transaction of business outside meetings or by electronic means
> > (1) The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council may transact its business by circulating papers, electronically or otherwise, among all members of the Council.
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> > (2) A written resolution for which written approval is given by a majority of the members—
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> > > (a) is taken to be a decision of the Council made at a meeting of the Council, and
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> > > (b) must, subject to the regulations, be recorded in the minutes of the meetings of the Council.
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> > (3) The Council may transact its business at a meeting at which some or all members participate by telephone or other electronic means if a member who speaks on a matter before the meeting can be heard by the other members.
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> > (4) The presiding member and each other member have the same voting rights as they have at an ordinary meeting of the Council for the purposes of—
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> > > (a) the approval of a resolution under subclause (2), and
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> > > (b) a meeting held in accordance with subclause (3).