Pharmacy Business Ownership Act 2024
sec.161Conduct of meetings
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sec.161 Conduct of meetings
A question at a meeting of the council is decided by a majority of the votes of the council members present at the meeting. Subject to section 157 (1) (c) and (2) (b) , each council member at the meeting has a vote on each question to be decided and, if the votes are equal, the member presiding at the meeting also has a casting vote. A meeting may be held using any technology that reasonably allows council members to hear and take part in discussions as they happen. teleconferencing A council member who takes part in a meeting under subsection (3) is taken to be at the meeting. A resolution is validly made by the council, even if the resolution is not passed at a meeting, if— notice of the resolution is given under procedures approved by the council; and a majority of the council members who do not, under section 164 , have a personal interest in the matter the subject of the resolution agree in writing to the resolution. (sec.161-ssec.1) A question at a meeting of the council is decided by a majority of the votes of the council members present at the meeting. (sec.161-ssec.2) Subject to section 157 (1) (c) and (2) (b) , each council member at the meeting has a vote on each question to be decided and, if the votes are equal, the member presiding at the meeting also has a casting vote. (sec.161-ssec.3) A meeting may be held using any technology that reasonably allows council members to hear and take part in discussions as they happen. teleconferencing (sec.161-ssec.4) A council member who takes part in a meeting under subsection (3) is taken to be at the meeting. (sec.161-ssec.5) A resolution is validly made by the council, even if the resolution is not passed at a meeting, if— notice of the resolution is given under procedures approved by the council; and a majority of the council members who do not, under section 164 , have a personal interest in the matter the subject of the resolution agree in writing to the resolution.
- (a) notice of the resolution is given under procedures approved by the council; and
- (b) a majority of the council members who do not, under section 164 , have a personal interest in the matter the subject of the resolution agree in writing to the resolution.