12BMeetings of Divisions

12B Meetings of Divisions

12B Meetings of Divisions

(1) A meeting of a Division constituted under section 12A (1) shall be convened and presided over by the Chairperson or a member of the Division specified for the purpose by the Chairperson.

(2) In the event of the absence from a meeting of a Division of the member who, pursuant to subsection (1), is to preside, those members of the Division who are present at the meeting may elect one of their number to preside at the meeting.

(3) The number of members who shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of a Division is:

(a) where the Division consists of an even number of members—one-half of that number, or

(b) where the Division consists of a number of members that is not an even number—one-half of the even number next above that number.

(4) A question arising at a meeting of a Division shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting.

(5) If, at a meeting of a Division at which only 2 members are present, those members differ in opinion on a question, the member presiding shall postpone the determination of the question to a meeting of the Division at which more than 2 of the members of the Division are present.

(6) In the event of an equality of votes on a question before a meeting of a Division at which more than 2 members are present, the member presiding shall have a casting as well as a deliberative vote.

ss 12A–12C: Ins 1981 No 1, Sch 1 (9).