Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017
sec.117Conduct of meetings
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sec.117 Conduct of meetings
A question at a board meeting must be a decided by a majority of the votes of the members present. Each member present at the meeting has a vote on each question to be decided. A member who abstains from voting, other than a member who abstains because of a conflict of interest, is taken to have voted for the negative. If the votes of the members present at the meeting are equal, the chairperson has a casting vote. The board may hold meetings, or allow members to take part in its meetings, by using any technology allowing reasonably contemporaneous and continuous communication between persons taking part in the meeting. A member who takes part in a meeting of the board under subsection (5) 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 procedures approved by the board; and a majority of members agree in writing to the resolution. (sec.117-ssec.1) A question at a board meeting must be a decided by a majority of the votes of the members present. (sec.117-ssec.2) Each member present at the meeting has a vote on each question to be decided. (sec.117-ssec.3) A member who abstains from voting, other than a member who abstains because of a conflict of interest, is taken to have voted for the negative. (sec.117-ssec.4) If the votes of the members present at the meeting are equal, the chairperson has a casting vote. (sec.117-ssec.5) The board may hold meetings, or allow members to take part in its meetings, by using any technology allowing reasonably contemporaneous and continuous communication between persons taking part in the meeting. (sec.117-ssec.6) A member who takes part in a meeting of the board under subsection (5) is taken to have been present at the meeting. (sec.117-ssec.7) 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 procedures approved by the board; and a majority of members agree in writing to the resolution.
- (a) notice of the resolution is given under procedures approved by the board; and
- (b) a majority of members agree in writing to the resolution.