27Transaction of business outside meetings or by telephone or other means

27 Transaction of business outside meetings or by telephone or other means

27 Transaction of business outside meetings or by telephone or other means

(1) The committee may transact its business by the circulation of papers, including by electronic means, among all committee members.

(2) If the committee transacts business by the circulation of papers, a written resolution, approved in writing by a majority of committee members, is taken to be a decision of the committee made at a meeting of the committee.

(3) The committee may transact its business at a meeting at which 1 or more committee members participate by telephone or other electronic means, provided a member who speaks on a matter can be heard by the other members.

(4) The member presiding at the meeting and each other member have the same voting rights as they would have at an ordinary meeting of the committee for the purposes of—

(a) the approval of a resolution under subclause (2), or

(b) a meeting held in accordance with subclause (3).

(5) A resolution approved under subclause (2) must be recorded in the minutes of the meetings of the committee.

Note—

The Act, section 30(2) and (3) contains requirements relating to meetings held at 2 or more venues using technology.