Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Queensland)
sch.4-sec.16Transaction of business outside meetings or by telecommunication
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sch.4-sec.16 Transaction of business outside meetings or by telecommunication
The National Board may, if it thinks fit, transact any of its business by the circulation of papers among all the members of the National Board for the time being, and a resolution in writing approved in writing by a majority of those members is taken to be a decision of the National Board. The National Board may, if it thinks fit, transact any of its business at a meeting at which members (or some members) participate by telephone, closed-circuit television or other means, but only if any member who speaks on a matter before the meeting can be heard by the other members. For the purposes of— the approval of a resolution under subclause (1); or a meeting held in accordance with subclause (2); the Chairperson and each member have the same voting rights as they have at an ordinary meeting of the National Board. Papers may be circulated among the members for the purposes of subclause (1) by facsimile, email or other transmission of the information in the papers concerned. (sch.4-sec.16-ssec.1) The National Board may, if it thinks fit, transact any of its business by the circulation of papers among all the members of the National Board for the time being, and a resolution in writing approved in writing by a majority of those members is taken to be a decision of the National Board. (sch.4-sec.16-ssec.2) The National Board may, if it thinks fit, transact any of its business at a meeting at which members (or some members) participate by telephone, closed-circuit television or other means, but only if any member who speaks on a matter before the meeting can be heard by the other members. (sch.4-sec.16-ssec.3) For the purposes of— the approval of a resolution under subclause (1); or a meeting held in accordance with subclause (2); the Chairperson and each member have the same voting rights as they have at an ordinary meeting of the National Board. (sch.4-sec.16-ssec.4) Papers may be circulated among the members for the purposes of subclause (1) by facsimile, email or other transmission of the information in the papers concerned.
- (a) the approval of a resolution under subclause (1); or
- (b) a meeting held in accordance with subclause (2);