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National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 2017
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#### 93 Voting
(1) At a meeting of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee, the members present each have a deliberative vote.
(2) A matter requiring a decision at a meeting must be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting.
(3) If an equal number of votes is cast for and against a matter at a meeting:
(a) the member presiding at the meeting may exercise a casting vote; and
(b) if that member declines to exercise a casting vote—the matter is resolved in the negative.
(4) Decisions of the Committee must be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.