SCHEDULE 2 - Meetings of Board SCHEDULE 2 - Meetings of Board

[Schedule 2 Inserted by No. 35 of 2008, s. 5, Applied:15 Feb 2009]

Section 59B(6)

1.   Interpretation

In this Schedule –

[Schedule 2 Amended by No. 55 of 2009, s. 10, Applied:12 Nov 2009] Board means the Poppy Advisory and Control Board established under section 59H ;

meeting means a meeting of the Board;

member means a member of the Board;

[Schedule 2 Amended by No. 55 of 2009, s. 11, Applied:12 Nov 2009] Minister means the Minister having the administration of Part VB .

2.   Convening of meetings

(1) The chairperson of the Board –

(a) may convene a meeting at any time; and

(b) must convene a meeting if requested in writing by 2 or more members to do so.

(2) The first meeting of the Board must be convened in accordance with directions given by the Minister.

3.   Procedure at meetings

(1) The quorum at any duly convened meeting of the Board is 3 members.

(2) Any duly convened meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present is competent to transact any business of the Board.

(3) Questions arising at a meeting of the Board are to be determined by a majority of votes of the members present and voting.

(4) A telephone or video conference between members is taken to be a meeting of the Board at which the members participating in the conference are present.