6Meetings of Council

6 Meetings of Council

6 Meetings of Council

(1) The appointed members shall elect from among their number a chairperson and a deputy chairperson.

(2) The chairperson shall preside at meetings of the Council at which the chairperson is present, and in his or her absence the deputy chairperson shall preside.

In the absence from a meeting of both the chairperson and the deputy chairperson, the members shall elect one of their number to preside.

(3) At any meeting of the Council three members shall constitute a quorum and any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be competent to transact any business of the Council, and shall have and may exercise and discharge all the powers, authorities, duties and functions of the Council.

A decision of the majority of members present at a meeting of the Council shall be the decision of the Council.

(4) At any meeting of the Council the chairperson or the deputy chairperson or the member presiding as chairperson shall have a deliberative vote, and if the voting is equal, a casting vote.

(5) The procedure for the calling of meetings of the Council and for the conduct of business at such meetings shall be as determined by the Council.

(6) No act or proceeding of the Council shall be invalidated or prejudiced by reason only of the fact that at the time when such act or proceeding was done, taken or commenced, there was a vacancy in the office of a member.

(7) No matter or thing done, and no contract entered into by the Council and no matter or thing done by any member or by any other person whomsoever acting under the direction of the Council shall, if the matter or thing was done or the contract was entered into bona fide for the purpose of executing this Act, subject them or any of them personally to any action, liability, claim or demand whatsoever.