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Education and Training Reform Act 2006
5Meetings of authority
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5 Meetings of authority
(1) Meetings of the authority are to be held at the times and places determined by the authority or directed by the chairperson of the authority.
(2) The chairperson must preside at any meeting of the authority at which he or she is present.
(3) If the chairperson and any person nominated by the chairperson to act in the chairperson's absence is absent, a member elected by the members present must preside.
(4) A majority of the members in office at the time constitutes a quorum for a meeting of the authority.
(5) A question arising at a meeting of the authority must be determined by a majority of votes of the members present and voting on that question and, if the votes are equal, the person presiding has a casting vote as well as a deliberative vote.
Sch. 2 cl. 5(6) repealed by No. 31/2018 s. 65(7).
(7) The authority must keep a record of the decisions and full and accurate minutes of its meetings.
(8) Subject to this Act, the authority may regulate its own meeting procedure.