Grammar Schools Act 2016
sec.31Conduct of meetings
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sec.31 Conduct of meetings
A question at a meeting of a board must be 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 and, if the votes are equal, the chairperson also has a casting vote. A member who abstains from voting is taken to have voted for the negative. The board may hold meetings, or allow members to take part in meetings, by using any technology allowing reasonably contemporaneous and continuous communication between members taking part in the meetings, including, for example, teleconferencing. A member who takes part in a meeting of the board under subsection (4) 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 agrees in writing to the resolution. (sec.31-ssec.1) A question at a meeting of a board must be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present. (sec.31-ssec.2) Each member present at the meeting has a vote on each question to be decided and, if the votes are equal, the chairperson also has a casting vote. (sec.31-ssec.3) A member who abstains from voting is taken to have voted for the negative. (sec.31-ssec.4) The board may hold meetings, or allow members to take part in meetings, by using any technology allowing reasonably contemporaneous and continuous communication between members taking part in the meetings, including, for example, teleconferencing. (sec.31-ssec.5) A member who takes part in a meeting of the board under subsection (4) is taken to have been present at the meeting. (sec.31-ssec.6) 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 agrees in writing to the resolution.
- (a) notice of the resolution is given under procedures approved by the board; and
- (b) a majority of members agrees in writing to the resolution.