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#### 36 Tenant representatives on neighbourhood committees
36 Tenant representatives on neighbourhood committees
> > (1) This section applies to a neighbourhood scheme if there are tenants (being tenants notified in tenancy notices given in accordance with this Act) for at least half of the neighbourhood lots.
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> > (2) The tenants of the neighbourhood lots (being tenants notified in tenancy notices given in accordance with this Act) may nominate a tenant representative for the neighbourhood committee.
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> > (3) The tenant representative on a neighbourhood committee is, in that capacity—
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> > > (a) not entitled to vote on decisions of the committee or to put a motion or nominate a person for office, and
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> > > (b) not entitled to act as an officer of the association for committee purposes, and
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> > > (c) cannot be counted in determining whether there is a quorum of the committee.
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> > (4) The neighbourhood committee, at any meeting or for the purpose of all meetings, may determine that a tenant representative is not entitled to be present when the following matters are being discussed or determined—
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> > > (a) financial statements and auditor’s reports,
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> > > (b) levying of contributions,
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> > > (c) recovery of unpaid contributions,
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> > > (d) any other financial matter specified by the regulations.
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> > (5) The regulations may provide for the procedures for nomination of a tenant representative, including the term for which a tenant representative is appointed and the notification of an appointment.