Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games Arrangements Act 2021
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sec.53BU Voting
A question at a board meeting must be decided by a majority of the votes of the directors present at the meeting and able to vote on the question. Each director present at the board meeting has a vote on each question to be decided. If the votes of the directors present at the board meeting are equal, the director who is presiding at the meeting has a casting vote. The board may hold board meetings, and directors may take part in its meetings, by using any technology allowing reasonably contemporaneous and continuous communication between directors taking part in the meetings. A director who takes part in a board meeting under subsection (4) is taken to have been present at the meeting. A resolution is validly made by the board, even if it is not passed at a board meeting, if— notice of the resolution is given under the procedures approved by the board; and a majority of directors agree in writing to the resolution. s 53BU ins 2024 No. 29 s 20 (sec.53BU-ssec.1) A question at a board meeting must be decided by a majority of the votes of the directors present at the meeting and able to vote on the question. (sec.53BU-ssec.2) Each director present at the board meeting has a vote on each question to be decided. (sec.53BU-ssec.3) If the votes of the directors present at the board meeting are equal, the director who is presiding at the meeting has a casting vote. (sec.53BU-ssec.4) The board may hold board meetings, and directors may take part in its meetings, by using any technology allowing reasonably contemporaneous and continuous communication between directors taking part in the meetings. (sec.53BU-ssec.5) A director who takes part in a board meeting under subsection (4) is taken to have been present at the meeting. (sec.53BU-ssec.6) A resolution is validly made by the board, even if it is not passed at a board meeting, if— notice of the resolution is given under the procedures approved by the board; and a majority of directors agree in writing to the resolution.
- (a) notice of the resolution is given under the procedures approved by the board; and
- (b) a majority of directors agree in writing to the resolution.