125Meetings of the Board

125 Meetings of the Board

(1) The Chief Justice is the chairperson of the Board.

(2) A meeting of the Board must be chaired by—

(a) the Chief Justice; or

(b) if the Chief Justice is unable to participate at the meeting and the Chief Justice's nominee is present at the meeting, the nominee; or

(c) if both the Chief Justice and a nominee of the Chief Justice are unable to participate at the meeting, a member of the Board elected by the members present at the meeting.

(3) The quorum for a meeting of the Board is 7 members of the Board, of whom—

(a) at least 4 must be judicial members of the Board; and

(b) at least 2 must be appointed members.

(4) If the Chief Justice is the subject of a complaint or referral that is to be considered at a meeting of the Board, the next most senior Judge of the Supreme Court who is available to attend may attend and vote at the meeting.

(5) A person referred to in subsection (4) may be, but need not be, a nominee of the Chief Justice.

(6) A member of the Board may participate in a meeting by telephone, video conference or any similar means of communication.