City of Brisbane Regulation 2012
sec.242EProcedure at meetings
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sec.242E Procedure at meetings
Business may be conducted at a council meeting only if a quorum is present. At a council meeting— a question is decided by a majority of the votes of the councillors or committee members present; and subject to chapter 6 , part 2 , division 5A of the Act , each councillor or committee member present has a vote on each question to be decided and, if the votes are equal, the person presiding at the meeting has a casting vote. At a meeting of a committee of the council, if a committee member present and entitled to vote fails to vote, the member is taken to have voted in the negative. s 242E ins 2020 SL No. 156 s 8 (sec.242E-ssec.1) Business may be conducted at a council meeting only if a quorum is present. (sec.242E-ssec.2) At a council meeting— a question is decided by a majority of the votes of the councillors or committee members present; and subject to chapter 6 , part 2 , division 5A of the Act , each councillor or committee member present has a vote on each question to be decided and, if the votes are equal, the person presiding at the meeting has a casting vote. (sec.242E-ssec.3) At a meeting of a committee of the council, if a committee member present and entitled to vote fails to vote, the member is taken to have voted in the negative.
- (a) a question is decided by a majority of the votes of the councillors or committee members present; and
- (b) subject to chapter 6 , part 2 , division 5A of the Act , each councillor or committee member present has a vote on each question to be decided and, if the votes are equal, the person presiding at the meeting has a casting vote.