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CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ACT 1995 - SECT 58

Procedures that apply to meetings of the Board

  (1)   The Director is to convene such meetings of the Board as he or she thinks necessary for the efficient performance of its functions.

  (2)   Meetings are to be held at such places as the Director decides.

  (3)   The Director is to preside at all meetings at which he or she is present.

  (4)   If the Director is not present at a meeting:

    (a)   the Deputy Director is to preside; or

  (b)   if the Deputy Director is not present--the members present are to appoint a member to preside.

  (5)   At a meeting, 5 members constitute a quorum.

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

  (7)   If a matter relating to the classification of a publication, film or computer game or the approval of an advertisement is referred to a meeting of the Board, only those members who have read the publication, seen the film or advertisement or seen the computer game demonstrated may vote on the matter.

  (8)   The person presiding at a meeting has a deliberative vote and, if necessary, also has a casting vote.


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