National Health Reform Act 2011
155Presiding at meetings
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155 Presiding at meetings
(1) The Chair of the Pricing Authority presides at all meetings at which he or she is present. (2) If: (a) the Chair of the Pricing Authority is not present at a meeting; and (b) the Deputy Chair (Hospital Pricing) of the Pricing Authority is present at the meeting; the Deputy Chair (Hospital Pricing) of the Pricing Authority is to preside. (2A) If: (a) neither the Chair of the Pricing Authority nor the Deputy Chair (Hospital Pricing) of the Pricing Authority is present at a meeting; and (b) the Deputy Chair (Aged Care Pricing) of the Pricing Authority is present at the meeting; the Deputy Chair (Aged Care Pricing) of the Pricing Authority is to preside. (3) If neither the Chair, nor either Deputy Chair, of the Pricing Authority is present at a meeting, the members of the Pricing Authority present must appoint one of themselves to preside.