- (1)
- Subject to subregulation (3), a meeting must not act for any purpose
except:
- (a)
- the election of a chairperson; and
- (b)
- the proving of debts; and
- (c)
- the adjournment of the meeting;
unless a quorum is present.
- (2)
- A quorum consists of:
- (a)
- if the number
of persons entitled to vote exceeds 2 at least 2 of those persons;
or
- (b)
- if only one person is, or 2 persons are, entitled to vote that
person or those persons;
present in person or by proxy or attorney.
- (3)
- A meeting is sufficiently
constituted if only one person is present in person at the meeting if the
person represents personally or by proxy or otherwise a number of persons
sufficient to constitute a quorum.
- (4)
- If within 30 minutes after the time appointed for a meeting:
- (a)
- a
quorum is not present; or
- (b)
- the meeting is not otherwise sufficiently constituted;
the meeting is adjourned:
- (c)
- to the same day in the next week at the same
time and place; or
- (d)
- to the day (not being less than 7 or more than 21 days after the day on
which the meeting is adjourned) and at the time and place that the chairperson
appoints.
- (5)
- A meeting convened under section 439A of the Act must not be adjourned to
a day that is more than 60 days after the first day on which the meeting was
held.
- (6)
- The convenor of the meeting, or a person nominated by the convenor, must
immediately give notice of the adjournment to the persons to whom notice of
the meeting must be given under regulation 5.6.12.
- (7)
- A meeting on the date and at the place to which the meeting is adjourned
is not to be taken to be incompetent to act only because of a failure to
comply with subregulation (6) unless the Court, on the application of the
convenor of the meeting, or of a creditor or contributory, otherwise declares.
- (8)
- If within 30 minutes after the time appointed for the adjourned meeting:
- (a)
- a quorum is not present; or
- (b)
- the meeting is not otherwise sufficiently constituted;
the adjourned meeting lapses.