240Procedure at committee meetings

240 Procedure at committee meetings

(1) The chairperson of an assessment committee must preside at a meeting of the assessment committee at which the chairperson is present.

(2) If the chairperson of an assessment committee is to be absent from a meeting of the assessment committee, the chairperson must nominate a person to preside at the meeting within a reasonable time before the meeting.

(3) A quorum of an assessment committee consists of a majority of the members of the assessment committee for the time being.

(4) At a meeting of an assessment committee, a decision of the assessment committee is a decision of the majority of the members present and voting at the meeting and, if voting is equal, the person presiding at the meeting has a second or casting vote.

(5) Subject to this Act and any directions given by the Planning Minister, an assessment committee may regulate its own proceedings and any other hearings or consultations it is required to undertake under this Act.