18Meetings of the Authority

18 Meetings of the Authority

18 Meetings of the Authority

(1) The procedure for the calling of meetings of the Authority and for the conduct of business at those meetings shall, subject to this Act and the regulations, be as determined by the Authority.

(2) The Chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the authority at which the Chairperson is present.

(3) In the absence from a meeting of the Chairperson and the Deputy Chairperson, the member referred to in section 7 (1) (c) shall preside at that meeting and while so presiding shall be deemed to be the Chairperson and shall have the immunities, powers, authorities, duties and functions of the Chairperson.

(4) The quorum for a meeting of the Authority is a majority of the members of the Authority for the time being and any duly convened meeting of the Authority at which a quorum is present shall be competent to transact any business of the Authority and shall have and may exercise and perform all the powers, authorities, duties and functions of the Authority.

(5) In the event of an equality of votes at any meeting of the Authority the person presiding at the meeting shall have, in addition to a deliberative vote, a second or casting vote.

(6) A decision supported by a majority of votes at a meeting of the Authority at which a quorum is present shall be the decision of the Authority.

(7) The Authority shall cause a record of its decisions and full and accurate minutes of the proceedings at its meetings to be kept and shall submit to the Minister a copy of the minutes of each meeting within fourteen days after the day on which it was held.

(8) No matter or thing done, and no contract entered into, by the Authority, and no matter or thing done by any member or by any other person acting under the direction or as a delegate of the Authority shall, if the matter or thing was done, or the contract was entered into, bona fide for the purpose of executing this Act, subject the member or person so acting personally to any action, liability, claim or demand.

(9) Nothing in subsection (8) shall exempt any member or other person from liability to be surcharged with the amount of any payment which is disallowed by the Auditor-General, and which that member or other person authorised or joined in authorising.

s 18: Am 1987 No 14, Sch 1 (8); 1990 No 108, Sch 1.