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

Section 7(6)

1.   Convening of meetings

(1) The chairperson, after giving each member reasonable notice of a meeting –

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

(b) must convene a meeting when requested to do so by 2 or more other members.

(2) If the chairperson is absent from duty or otherwise unable to perform the duties of the office, a meeting may be convened, after reasonable notice of the meeting has been given of the meeting, by –

(a) three or more other members; or

(b) a person authorised by the Board to do so.

(3) For the purposes of subclauses (1) and (2) , what constitutes reasonable notice is to be determined by 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 at the meeting is to preside.

3.   Quorum and voting at meetings

(1) At a meeting of the Board, a quorum is constituted by a majority of the total number of members appointed.

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

(3) At a meeting of the Board –

(a) the member presiding has a deliberative vote only; and

(b) a question is decided by a majority of votes of the members present and voting.

(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 respect of a matter, a quorum for the purposes of considering and making a decision in respect of that matter is constituted by the number of members specified as constituting a quorum in less the number of members so excluded.