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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2021
sec.128Conduct of meetings
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### sec.128 Conduct of meetings
Subject to this division, the board may conduct its business, including its meetings, in the way it considers appropriate.
The board may hold meetings, or allow members to take part in meetings, by using any technology allowing reasonably contemporaneous and continuous communication between persons taking part in the meeting.
A member who takes part in a meeting under subsection (2) is taken to be present at the meeting.
A question at a meeting is to be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present at the meeting.
If the votes are equal, the member presiding has a casting vote.
A resolution is a valid resolution of the board, even though it is not passed at a meeting of the board, if—
at least half of the members have given written agreement to the resolution; and
notice of the resolution is given under procedures approved by the board.
(sec.128-ssec.1) Subject to this division, the board may conduct its business, including its meetings, in the way it considers appropriate.
(sec.128-ssec.2) The board may hold meetings, or allow members to take part in meetings, by using any technology allowing reasonably contemporaneous and continuous communication between persons taking part in the meeting.
(sec.128-ssec.3) A member who takes part in a meeting under subsection (2) is taken to be present at the meeting.
(sec.128-ssec.4) A question at a meeting is to be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present at the meeting.
(sec.128-ssec.5) If the votes are equal, the member presiding has a casting vote.
(sec.128-ssec.6) A resolution is a valid resolution of the board, even though it is not passed at a meeting of the board, if— at least half of the members have given written agreement to the resolution; and notice of the resolution is given under procedures approved by the board.
- (a) at least half of the members have given written agreement to the resolution; and
- (b) notice of the resolution is given under procedures approved by the board.