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Australian National University Act 1991
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#### 13 Resolutions without meetings
(1) The Chancellor or Pro‑Chancellor (if he or she is a member of the Council) may, in writing, request members to pass a resolution without a meeting.
(2) A copy of the request and the text of the proposed resolution, must be sent to each member of the Council.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the resolution is passed if each of a majority of the members of the Council eligible to vote on that resolution signs a document containing the text of the resolution and returns it to the Chancellor or Pro‑Chancellor (if he or she is a member of the Council).
(4) If the proposed resolution deals with whether a member of the Council has breached his or her duties under Subdivision A of Division 3 of Part 2‑2 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 as a member of the Council, the resolution is passed if each of at least a two‑thirds majority of the members of the Council eligible to vote on that resolution:
(a) signs a document containing the text of the resolution; and
(b) returns it to the Chancellor or Pro‑Chancellor (if he or she is a member of the Council).
(5) For the purposes of this section, a member of the Council is not eligible to vote on a resolution if:
(a) the resolution relates to a matter in which the member has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest; or
(b) if the resolution deals with whether a member of the Council has breached his or her duties under Subdivision A of Division 3 of Part 2‑2 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 as a member of the Council—he or she is the member to whom the resolution relates.