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.
(2) A written resolution for which written approval is given by a majority of the members—
(a) is taken to be a decision of the Council made at a meeting of the Council, and
(b) must, subject to the regulations, be recorded in the minutes of the meetings of the Council.
(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.
(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—
(a) the approval of a resolution under subclause (2), and
(b) a meeting held in accordance with subclause (3).