Division 3 Procedure of Board

190   General procedure

The procedure for the calling of meetings of the Board and for the conduct of business at those meetings is, subject to this Part, to be as determined by the Board.

191   Quorum

The quorum for a meeting of the Board is a majority of its members for the time being.

192   Presiding member

(1)  The Chairperson (or, in the absence of the Chairperson, the Deputy Chairperson, or in the absence of both the Chairperson and the Deputy Chairperson, a person elected by the members of the Board who are present at a meeting of the Board) is to preside at a meeting of the Board.

(2)  The presiding member has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, has a second or casting vote.

193   Voting

A decision supported by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present is the decision of the Board.

194   Transaction of business outside meetings or by telephone

(1)  The Board may, if it thinks fit, transact any of its business by the circulation of papers among all the members of the Board for the time being, and a resolution in writing approved in writing by a majority of those members is taken to be a decision of the Board.

(2)  The Board may, if it thinks fit, transact any of its business at a meeting at which members (or some members) participate by telephone, closed-circuit television or other means, but only if any member who speaks on a matter before the meeting can be heard by the other members.

(3)  For the purposes of:

(a)  the approval of a resolution under subclause (1), or

(b)  a meeting held in accordance with subclause (2),

      the Chairperson and each member have the same voting rights as they have at an ordinary meeting of the Board.

(4)  A resolution approved under subclause (1) is, subject to the regulations, to be recorded in the minutes of the meetings of the Board.

(5)  Papers may be circulated among the members for the purposes of subclause (1) by facsimile or other transmission of the information in the papers concerned.

195   Record of proceedings

The presiding member at a meeting of the Board must cause a record of the proceedings at the meeting to be made.

196   First meeting

The Minister may call the first meeting of the Board in such manner as the Minister thinks fit.