SCHEDULE 4 - Provisions with r SCHEDULE 4 - Provisions with respect to meetings of Advisory Committee

Section 15

1.   Interpretation

In this Schedule, member means a member of the Advisory Committee.

2.   Convening of meetings of the Advisory Committee

A meeting of the Advisory Committee may be convened by the chairperson of the Advisory Committee or by any 2 members or by the Secretary.

3.   Procedure at meetings

(1) [Schedule 4 Amended by No. 8 of 2003, Sched. 2, Applied:15 Oct 2003] Five members of the Advisory Committee, of whom one must be a person employed in the Department and one must be a person nominated by the Minister administering the Food Act 2003 or the Minister administering the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 , form a quorum at any duly convened meeting of the Advisory Committee.

(2) Any duly convened meeting of the Advisory Committee at which a quorum is present is competent to transact any business of the Advisory Committee.

(3) Questions arising at a meeting of the Advisory Committee are to be determined by a majority of votes of the members present and voting.

4.   Chairperson

(1) The chairperson of the Advisory Committee is to preside at all meetings of the Advisory Committee at which the chairperson is present.

(2) If the chairperson of the Advisory Committee is not present at a meeting of the Advisory Committee a member elected by the members present is to preside at that meeting.

5.   General procedure

The procedure for the calling of, and for the conduct of business at, meetings of the Advisory Committee is, subject to any procedure that is specified in this Act, to be as determined by the Advisory Committee.