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

Section 6(6)

1.   Convening of meetings of Board

Meetings of the Board may be convened by the chairperson of the Board or by any 3 members of the Board.

2.   Presiding at meetings

(1) The chairperson is to preside at all meetings of the Board at which he or she is present.

(2) If the chairperson is not present at a meeting of the Board, a member elected by the members present is to preside at that meeting.

3.   Quorum and voting at meetings

(1) Two thirds of the members of the Board form a quorum at any meeting of the Board.

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

(3) In the event of an equality of votes, the chairperson or other member presiding at a meeting of the Board may exercise a second or casting vote.

(4) At a meeting of the Board where a member is excluded from being present and taking part in the consideration and decision of the Board in relation to a matter, a quorum for the purposes of considering and making a decision in relation to the matter is constituted by the number of members specified as constituting a quorum in subclause (1) less the number of members so excluded.

4.   Telephone conferences, &c.

(1) The Board may permit members to participate in a particular meeting, or all meetings, of the Board by –

(a) telephone; or

(b) closed-circuit television; or

(c) any other means of communication approved by the Board.

(2) A member who participates in a meeting under a permission granted under is taken to be present at the meeting.