15Chairman of council’s meetings

#### 15 Chairman of council’s meetings 15 Chairman of council’s meetings > At every meeting of the council the Moderator for the time being of the Synod of The Uniting Church in Australia in New South Wales shall preside if present, and in his absence the chairman of the executive committee of the council shall preside; in the absence of the Moderator and the chairman of the executive committee a chairman of the meeting shall be chosen by a majority of the councillors present, and all questions which shall come before the said council shall be decided by a majority of the councillors present, and the person presiding shall in case of an equality of votes have a casting vote in addition to his original vote, and no question shall be decided at any meeting unless nine councillors at the least shall be present at the time of such decision. > > **s 15:** Am Newington College Council (Amendment) Act 1949, sec 2 (h); 1977 No 47, Sch 3, cl 2 (j).