Owner Drivers and Forestry Contractors Act 2005
7General procedure
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7 General procedure
(1) The chairperson, or in his or her absence, the acting chairperson, or in the absence of both of them, a member elected by the members present, must preside at a meeting of the relevant Council.
(2) The quorum of a Council is 5 members.
(3) Subject to subclause (4), a question arising at a meeting is determined by a majority of votes and the person presiding has a deliberative vote and, in the case of an equality of votes, a second or casting vote.
(4) The Council members appointed under sections 56(1)(b) and 59(1)(b) do not have voting rights.
(5) A Council must ensure that accurate minutes are kept of each meeting.
(6) A Council may transact any of its business at a meeting at which the members or any of them participate by telephone, closed-circuit television or in any similar way.
(7) Subject to this Act, a Council may regulate its own procedure.