Fisheries Legislation Amendment (New Governance Arrangements for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority and Other Matters) Act 2008
65ADecisions without meetings
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65A Decisions without meetings
(1) A management advisory committee is taken to have made a decision at a meeting if:
(a) without meeting, a majority of the members of the committee entitled to vote on the proposed decision indicate agreement with the decision; and
(b) that agreement is indicated in accordance with the method determined by the committee under subsection (2); and
(c) all the members of the committee were informed of the proposed decision, or reasonable efforts were made to inform all the members of the proposed decision.
(2) Subsection (1) applies if the management advisory committee:
(a) has determined that it may make decisions of that kind without a meeting; and
(b) has determined the method by which members of the committee are to indicate agreement with proposed decisions.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), a member of a management advisory committee is not entitled to vote on a proposed decision if the member would not have been entitled to vote on that proposal if the matter had been considered at a meeting of the committee.
(4) A management advisory committee must keep a record of decisions made in accordance with this section.
63 Section 66
Omit “Chairperson of the Authority for the services of employees of, and consultants to, the Authority, and for facilities of the Authority,”, substitute “CEO for the services of AFMA staff members and consultants to the Authority, and facilities,”.
64 Subsection 67(4)
Omit “director or employee of the Authority”, substitute “commissioner or AFMA staff member”.
65 Division 6 of Part 2 (heading)
Repeal the heading, substitute: