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New South Wales
Quarantine Station Preservation Trust
Bill 2006
Contents
Page
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Definitions 2
Part 2 The Quarantine Station Preservation Trust
4 Constitution of the Trust 3
5 Appointment and procedure of members of Trust 3
Part 3 Objects and functions of the Trust
6 Objects of the Trust 4
7 Functions of the Trust 4
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Quarantine Station Preservation Trust Bill 2006
Contents
Page
Part 4 Limitations on grant of leases and licences
relating to Quarantine Station site
Division 1 Application of Part
8 Application of Part 6
Division 2 Procedure
9 Public notice must be given of proposed grant of lease or
licence 6
10 Grant of leases and licences must have prior approval of
Trust 7
11 Trust must not give approval unless it considers certain
factors 7
Division 3 Restrictions on grant of leases or licences
12 Restrictions on leases or licences that may be granted 8
13 Minister cannot lease or licence all of Quarantine Station
site to one person 9
14 Minister cannot grant leases or licences with term of 10
years or more 9
Part 5 Administration
15 Financial year of the Trust 10
16 Committees 10
17 Staff of the Trust 10
18 Delegation by the Trust 10
Part 6 Miscellaneous
19 Regulations 11
20 Savings and transitional regulations 11
Schedule 1 Quarantine Station site 12
Schedule 2 Provisions relating to the members 13
Schedule 3 Provisions relating to the procedure of the
Trust 17
Contents page 2
New South Wales
Quarantine Station Preservation Trust
Bill 2006
No , 2006
A Bill for
An Act to preserve, protect and manage the Quarantine Station at Sydney's North
Head; to constitute the Quarantine Station Preservation Trust and define its
functions; and for other purposes.
Clause 1 Quarantine Station Preservation Trust Bill 2006
Part 1 Preliminary
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts: 1
Part 1 Preliminary 2
1 Name of Act 3
This Act is the Quarantine Station Preservation Trust Act 2006. 4
2 Commencement 5
This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act. 6
3 Definitions 7
(1) In this Act: 8
exercise a function includes perform a duty. 9
function includes a power, authority or duty. 10
member means a member of the Trust. 11
North Head precinct means the land coloured beige or identified as 12
Harbour Trust land on the map presented to the Speaker of the 13
Legislative Assembly (by or on behalf of the Member of the Assembly 14
who introduced the Bill for this Act) when the Bill was introduced into 15
the Assembly. 16
Quarantine Station site means the land for the time being described in 17
Schedule 1. 18
Trust means the Quarantine Station Preservation Trust constituted by 19
this Act. 20
(2) Notes included in this Act are explanatory notes and do not form part of 21
this Act. 22
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The Quarantine Station Preservation Trust Part 2
Part 2 The Quarantine Station Preservation Trust 1
4 Constitution of the Trust 2
(1) There is constituted by this Act a corporation under the corporate name 3
of the "Quarantine Station Preservation Trust". 4
(2) The Trust: 5
(a) has and may exercise the functions conferred or imposed on it by 6
or under this or any other Act, and 7
(b) is, in the exercise of its functions, subject to the control and 8
direction of the Minister. 9
5 Appointment and procedure of members of Trust 10
(1) The Trust consists of the following 7 members appointed by the 11
Minister: 12
(a) one member chosen by the Minister as having expertise in the 13
restoration and conservation of historic buildings, 14
(b) one member nominated by the National Trust of Australia (New 15
South Wales), 16
(c) one member nominated by the Director-General of the 17
Department of Environment and Conservation, 18
(d) one member nominated jointly by the local Aboriginal 19
community in the Manly, Warringah and Pittwater local 20
government areas and the local Aboriginal land council, 21
(e) one member nominated by the National Parks Association of 22
NSW Incorporated, 23
(f) one member nominated by Manly Council (the council for the 24
local government area in which the Quarantine Station site is 25
situated), 26
(g) one member nominated by the Commonwealth Minister for 27
Environment and Heritage. 28
(2) The constitution of the Trust is not affected by the failure of a person or 29
body to make a nomination under subsection (1). 30
(3) Schedule 2 has effect with respect to the members. 31
(4) Schedule 3 has effect with respect to the procedure of the Trust. 32
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Part 3 Objects and functions of the Trust
Part 3 Objects and functions of the Trust 1
6 Objects of the Trust 2
The objects of the Trust are: 3
(a) to advise the Minister on the care, control and management of the 4
Quarantine Station site as part of the North Head precinct, and 5
(b) to encourage the use and enjoyment of the Quarantine Station site 6
by the public by promoting the recreational, historical, scientific, 7
educational and cultural heritage value of that site, and 8
(c) to ensure the conservation of the natural and cultural heritage 9
values of the Quarantine Station site and the protection of the 10
environment within that site, and 11
(d) to support the natural and built environment and cultural heritage 12
of North Head precinct, and 13
(e) to assist the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust to develop a 14
concept and final plans for a North Head Sanctuary, and 15
(f) any other objects, consistent with the functions of the Trust, in 16
relation to the Quarantine Station site, that the Trust considers 17
appropriate. 18
7 Functions of the Trust 19
(1) The Trust may: 20
(a) permit the use of the whole or any part of the Quarantine Station 21
site for activities of a cultural, natural, historical, educational, 22
scientific and recreational nature, and 23
(b) in relation to the provision of food and other refreshments in 24
connection with the Quarantine Station site: 25
(i) apply for, hold or dispose of any relevant licence, permit 26
or other authority for the purpose of the provision of food 27
and other refreshments in connection with the Quarantine 28
Station site, or 29
(ii) permit the provision of food and other refreshments, or 30
(iii) authorise another person to apply for any relevant licence, 31
permit or other authority for the purpose of the provision 32
of food and other refreshments in connection with the 33
Quarantine Station site, and 34
(c) approve and promote exhibits, lectures, films, publications and 35
other types of educational instruction relating to the Quarantine 36
Station site, and 37
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Objects and functions of the Trust Part 3
(d) disseminate scientific, cultural and historical information 1
concerning the Quarantine Station site to the public and 2
educational, scientific, cultural and historical institutions, 3
whether within or outside the State, and 4
(e) approve arrangements for the maintenance and preservation of 5
the Quarantine Station site, and 6
(f) approve any leases or licences of the whole or part of the 7
Quarantine Station site, and grants of easements through, on or in 8
the Quarantine Station site, consented to by the Minister, and 9
(g) approve a plan of management for the Quarantine Station site 10
under Part 5 of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, and 11
(h) approve any modifications to the significant heritage fabric of the 12
Quarantine Station site, and 13
(i) promote the preservation of the Quarantine Station within the 14
overall context of the North Head precinct and a future North 15
Head Sanctuary. 16
(2) Subject to this Act and the regulations, the Trust has the control and 17
management of all property of the Trust. 18
(3) The Trust may, and when requested by the Minister must, make reports 19
and recommendations to the Minister with respect to the Trust and the 20
Quarantine Station site. 21
(4) The Trust has and may exercise such functions, in addition to those 22
specified in this section, as are reasonably necessary to achieve its 23
objects. 24
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Part 4 Limitations on grant of leases and licences relating to Quarantine Station
site
Part 4 Limitations on grant of leases and licences 1
relating to Quarantine Station site 2
Division 1 Application of Part 3
8 Application of Part 4
(1) This Part applies to and in respect of the exercise by the Minister of the 5
following powers under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974: 6
(a) the power under section 151 (1) (a)-(e) to grant a lease of land 7
within the Quarantine Station site, 8
(b) the power under section 151 (1) (f) to grant a licence to occupy 9
or use land within the Quarantine Station site, 10
(c) the power under section 151B (2) to grant a lease of land within 11
the Quarantine Station site to enable the adaptive reuse of an 12
existing building or structure on the land for any purpose 13
specified in section 151B (12), 14
(d) the power under section 151B (3) to grant a licence to occupy and 15
use land within the Quarantine Station site, and any existing 16
building or structure on the Quarantine Station site, for any 17
purpose. 18
(2) In the event of any inconsistency between this Part and the National 19
Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, this Part prevails to the extent of the 20
inconsistency. 21
Division 2 Procedure 22
9 Public notice must be given of proposed grant of lease or licence 23
(1) The Minister must not exercise any power to which this Part applies 24
unless the Minister has: 25
(a) caused notice of the proposal to grant the lease or licence, and a 26
summary of the main terms of the lease or licence, to be 27
published in at least one Sydney metropolitan newspaper and one 28
local newspaper circulating in the locality of the Quarantine 29
Station site, and 30
(b) in that notice, invited public comments on the proposed lease or 31
licence within a time specified in the notice, being not less than 32
30 days after the publication of the notice, and 33
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imitations on grant of leases and licences relating to Quarantine Station Part 4
site
(c) had regard to any written comments received in response to the 1
notices within 30 days after the date of the publication of the 2
notices (if they were both published on the same day) or after the 3
publication of the later of the two notices (if published on 4
different days), and 5
(d) forwarded to the Trust any written comments received in 6
response to the notice within 30 days after the date of the last 7
publication, and 8
(e) published, in at least one Sydney metropolitan newspaper, and 9
one newspaper circulating in the locality of the Quarantine 10
Station site, the Minister's reasons for his or her decision to grant 11
the lease or licence. 12
(2) If the Minister exercises a power to which this Part applies in breach of 13
this section, the lease or licence granted by the Minister in the exercise 14
of that power is void. 15
10 Grant of leases and licences must have prior approval of Trust 16
(1) The Minister must not exercise any power to which this Part applies 17
unless the Minister has first obtained the written approval of the Trust 18
to the exercise of that power. 19
(2) If the Minister exercises a power to which this Part applies in breach of 20
this section, the lease or licence granted by the Minister in the exercise 21
of that power is void. 22
11 Trust must not give approval unless it considers certain factors 23
(1) The Trust must not give approval to the exercise by the Minister of any 24
power to which this Part applies unless the Trust has had regard to: 25
(a) any written comments received by the Minister in response to the 26
Minister's notice that were forwarded to the Trust, and 27
(b) any written comments received directly by the Trust in response 28
to the Minister's notice, and 29
(c) the impact of the proposal on open space at the Quarantine 30
Station site, the floor area of buildings on the site and the 31
significant heritage fabric of the Quarantine Station site. 32
(2) The Trust must not give approval to the exercise by the Minister of any 33
power to which this Part applies if the Trust forms the opinion that the 34
grant of the relevant lease or licence will result in: 35
(a) less open space at the Quarantine Station site than existed 36
immediately before the commencement of this Act, or 37
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Part 4 Limitations on grant of leases and licences relating to Quarantine Station
site
(b) an increase in the total floor area of all buildings that existed at 1
the Quarantine Station site immediately before the 2
commencement of this Act, or 3
(c) an adverse impact on the significant heritage fabric of the 4
Quarantine Station site. 5
(3) If the Trust exercises the power to give approval under this section in 6
breach of this section, the lease or licence granted by the Minister the 7
subject of that approval is void. 8
(4) Subsections (1) and (2) are not intended to limit the factors that the Trust 9
may take into consideration when determining whether or not to give 10
approval. 11
Division 3 Restrictions on grant of leases or licences 12
12 Restrictions on leases or licences that may be granted 13
(1) The Minister must not exercise any power to which this Part applies 14
unless the Minister has had regard to the impact of the proposal on open 15
space at the Quarantine Station site, the floor area of buildings on the 16
site and the significant heritage fabric of the Quarantine Station site. 17
(2) The Minister must not exercise any power to which this Part applies if 18
the Minister forms the opinion that the grant of the relevant lease or 19
licence will result in: 20
(a) less open space at the Quarantine Station site than existed 21
immediately before the commencement of this Act, or 22
(b) an increase in the total floor area of all buildings that existed at 23
the Quarantine Station site immediately before the 24
commencement of this Act, or 25
(c) an adverse impact on the significant heritage fabric of the 26
Quarantine Station site. 27
(3) If the Minister exercises a power to which this Part applies in breach of 28
this section, the lease or licence granted by the Minister in the exercise 29
of that power is void. 30
(4) Subsections (1) and (2) are not intended to limit the factors that the 31
Minister may take into consideration when determining whether or not 32
to exercise his or her power. 33
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imitations on grant of leases and licences relating to Quarantine Station Part 4
site
13 Minister cannot lease or licence all of Quarantine Station site to one 1
person 2
(1) Despite Part 12 of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, the 3
Minister must not: 4
(a) grant a lease of all of the land within the Quarantine Station site 5
to one person or one unincorporated group of persons, or 6
(b) grant a licence to occupy or use all of the land within the 7
Quarantine Station site to one person or one unincorporated 8
group of persons, or 9
(c) grant a lease of all land within the Quarantine Station site to 10
enable the adaptive reuse of an existing building or structure on 11
the land for any purpose specified in section 151B (12) of that Act 12
to one person or one unincorporated group of persons, or 13
(d) grant a licence to occupy and use all land within the Quarantine 14
Station site, and any existing building or structure on the 15
Quarantine Station site, for any purpose to one person or one 16
unincorporated group of persons. 17
(2) If the Minister exercises a power to which this section applies in breach 18
of this section, the lease or licence granted by the Minister in the 19
exercise of that power is void. 20
14 Minister cannot grant leases or licences with term of 10 years or more 21
(1) Despite Part 12 of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, the 22
Minister must not: 23
(a) grant a lease of all of the land within the Quarantine Station site 24
for a term of 10 years or more, or 25
(b) grant a licence to occupy or use all of the land within the 26
Quarantine Station site for a term of 10 years or more, or 27
(c) grant a lease of all land within the Quarantine Station site to 28
enable the adaptive reuse of an existing building or structure on 29
the land for any purpose specified in section 151B (12) of that Act 30
for a term of 10 years or more, or 31
(d) grant a licence to occupy and use all land within the Quarantine 32
Station site, and any existing building or structure on the 33
Quarantine Station site, for any purpose for a term of 10 years or 34
more. 35
(2) If the Minister exercises a power to which this section applies in breach 36
of this section, the lease or licence granted by the Minister in the 37
exercise of that power is void. 38
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Clause 15 Quarantine Station Preservation Trust Bill 2006
Part 5 Administration
Part 5 Administration 1
15 Financial year of the Trust 2
The financial year of the Trust is the year commencing 1 July. 3
16 Committees 4
(1) The Trust may establish committees to assist it in connection with the 5
exercise of any of its functions. 6
(2) It does not matter that any or all of the members of a committee are not 7
members of the Trust. 8
(3) The procedure for the calling of meetings of a committee and for the 9
conduct of business at those meetings is, subject to the regulations, to 10
be as determined by the Trust or (subject to any determination of the 11
Trust) by the committee. 12
17 Staff of the Trust 13
For the purposes of this Act any persons as may be necessary to enable 14
the Trust to exercise its functions may be employed under Chapter 1A 15
of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002. 16
18 Delegation by the Trust 17
(1) The Trust may delegate to a member, a committee of the Trust or any 18
officer of the Trust the exercise of any of its functions, other than this 19
power of delegation. 20
(2) The person may sub-delegate the exercise of a delegated function to 21
another person if the first-mentioned person is authorised in writing to 22
delegate the function to that person by the Trust. 23
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Miscellaneous Part 6
Part 6 Miscellaneous 1
19 Regulations 2
The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for 3
or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to 4
be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for 5
carrying out or giving effect to this Act and, in particular, for or with 6
respect to: 7
(a) the meetings of the Trust, and 8
(b) the committees of the Trust, and 9
(c) the use and custody of the seal of the Trust. 10
20 Savings and transitional regulations 11
(1) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or transitional 12
nature consequent on the enactment of this Act. 13
(2) Any such provision may, if the regulations so provide, take effect from 14
the date of assent to this Act or a later date. 15
(3) To the extent to which any such provision takes effect from a date that 16
is earlier than the date of its publication in the Gazette, the provision 17
does not operate so as: 18
(a) to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the 19
State or an authority of the State), the rights of that person 20
existing before the date of its publication, or 21
(b) to impose liabilities on any person (other than the State or an 22
authority of the State) in respect of anything done or omitted to 23
be done before the date of its publication. 24
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Schedule 1 Quarantine Station site
Schedule 1 Quarantine Station site 1
(Section 3) 2
Portion 2763 comprising Parkhill, Spring Cove and Quarantine Station South 3
precincts (but excluding that part of portion 2763 east and north of the southern stone 4
wall extending to the Old Man's Hat), and portion 2765 comprising Quarantine 5
Station Core Precinct, in the Parish of Manly Cove, County of Cumberland. 6
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Provisions relating to the members Schedule 2
Schedule 2 Provisions relating to the members 1
(Section 5 (3)) 2
1 Chairperson of the Trust 3
(1) One of the members is to be appointed as Chairperson of the Trust by 4
the relevant instrument of appointment as a member or by another 5
instrument executed by the Minister. 6
(2) The Minister may remove a member from the office of Chairperson. 7
(3) The Chairperson is taken to have vacated the office of Chairperson if the 8
Chairperson: 9
(a) is removed from that office by the Minister under subclause (2), 10
or 11
(b) resigns that office by instrument in writing addressed to the 12
Minister, or 13
(c) ceases to be a member. 14
2 Acting members and acting Chairperson 15
(1) The Minister may, from time to time, appoint a person to act in the 16
office of a member during the illness or absence of the member, and the 17
person, while so acting, has and may exercise all the functions of the 18
member and is taken to be a member. 19
(2) The Minister may, from time to time, appoint a member to act in the 20
office of Chairperson during the illness or absence of the Chairperson, 21
and the member, while so acting, has and may exercise all the functions 22
of the Chairperson and is taken to be the Chairperson. 23
(3) The Minister may remove any person from any office to which the 24
person was appointed under this clause. 25
(4) A person while acting in the office of a member is entitled to be paid 26
such remuneration (including travelling and subsistence allowances) as 27
the Minister may from time to time determine in respect of the person. 28
(5) For the purposes of this clause, a vacancy in the office of a member or 29
the Chairperson is taken to be an absence from office of the member or 30
Chairperson, as the case may be. 31
3 Term of office 32
Subject to this Schedule, a member holds office for such period, not 33
exceeding 4 years, as may be specified in the instrument of appointment 34
of the member, but is eligible (if otherwise qualified) for 35
re-appointment. 36
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Schedule 2 Provisions relating to the members
4 Remuneration 1
(1) A member is entitled to be paid such remuneration (including travelling 2
and subsistence allowances) as the Minister may from time to time 3
determine in respect of the member. 4
(2) In this clause: 5
member includes any member of a committee of the Trust. 6
5 Casual vacancies 7
(1) The office of a member becomes vacant if the member: 8
(a) dies, or 9
(b) completes a term of office and is not re-appointed, or 10
(c) resigns the office by instrument in writing addressed to the 11
Minister, or 12
(d) is removed from office by the Minister under this clause, or 13
(e) is absent from 3 consecutive meetings of the Trust of which 14
reasonable notice has been given to the member personally or by 15
post, except on leave granted by the Minister or unless the 16
member is excused by the Minister for having been absent from 17
those meetings, or 18
(f) becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of any law for the 19
relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with his or her 20
creditors or makes an assignment of his or her remuneration for 21
their benefit, or 22
(g) becomes a mentally incapacitated person, or 23
(h) is convicted in New South Wales of an offence that is punishable 24
by imprisonment for 12 months or more or is convicted 25
elsewhere than in New South Wales of an offence that, if 26
committed in New South Wales, would be an offence so 27
punishable. 28
(2) The Minister may at any time remove a member from office. 29
(3) Without limiting the generality of subclause (2), the Minister may 30
remove from office a member who contravenes the provisions of clause 31
7. 32
6 Filling of vacancy in office of member 33
If the office of any member becomes vacant, a person is, subject to this 34
Act, to be appointed to fill the vacancy. 35
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Provisions relating to the members Schedule 2
7 Disclosure of pecuniary interests 1
(1) If: 2
(a) a member has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter 3
being considered or about to be considered at a meeting of the 4
Trust, and 5
(b) the interest appears to raise a conflict with the proper 6
performance of the member's duties in relation to the 7
consideration of the matter, 8
the member must, as soon as possible after the relevant facts have come 9
to the member's knowledge, disclose the nature of the interest at a 10
meeting of the Trust. 11
(2) A disclosure by a member at a meeting of the Trust that the member: 12
(a) is a member, or is in the employment, of a specified company or 13
other body, or 14
(b) is a partner, or is in the employment, of a specified person, or 15
(c) has some other specified interest relating to a specified company 16
or other body or to a specified person, 17
is a sufficient disclosure of the nature of the interest in any matter 18
relating to that company or other body or to that person that may arise 19
after the date of the disclosure and that is required to be disclosed under 20
subclause (1). 21
(3) Particulars of any disclosure made under this clause must be recorded 22
by the Trust in a book kept for the purpose and that book must be open 23
at all reasonable hours to inspection by any person on payment of the 24
fee determined by the Trust. 25
(4) After a member has disclosed the nature of an interest in any matter, the 26
member must not, unless the Minister otherwise determines: 27
(a) be present during any deliberation of the Trust with respect to the 28
matter, or 29
(b) take part in any decision of the Trust with respect to the matter. 30
(5) A contravention of this clause does not invalidate any decision of the 31
Trust. 32
(6) A reference in this clause to a meeting of the Trust includes a reference 33
to a meeting of a committee of the Trust. 34
8 Effect of certain other Acts 35
(1) Chapter 1A of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 36
2002 does not apply to or in respect of the appointment of a member. 37
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Schedule 2 Provisions relating to the members
(2) If by or under any Act provision is made: 1
(a) requiring a person who is the holder of a specified office to 2
devote the whole of his or her time to the duties of that office, or 3
(b) prohibiting the person from engaging in employment outside the 4
duties of that office, 5
the provision does not operate to disqualify the person from holding that 6
office and also the office of a member or from accepting and retaining 7
any remuneration payable to the person under this Act as a member. 8
9 Liability of members 9
No matter or thing done by the Trust, any member or any person acting 10
under the direction of the Trust, if the matter or thing was done in good 11
faith for the purposes of executing this or any other Act, subjects a 12
member or a person so acting personally to any action, liability, claim 13
or demand. 14
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Provisions relating to the procedure of the Trust Schedule 3
Schedule 3 Provisions relating to the procedure of 1
the Trust 2
(Section 5 (4)) 3
1 General procedure 4
The procedure for the calling of meetings of the Trust and for the 5
conduct of business at those meetings is, subject to this Act and the 6
regulations, to be as determined by the Trust. 7
2 Quorum 8
The quorum for a meeting of the Trust is a majority of members for the 9
time being. 10
3 Presiding member 11
(1) The Chairperson (or, in the absence of the Chairperson, another member 12
elected to chair the meeting by the members present) is to preside at a 13
meeting of the Trust. 14
(2) The presiding member has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an 15
equality of votes, has a second or casting vote. 16
4 Voting 17
A decision supported by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of the 18
Trust at which a quorum is present is the decision of the Trust. 19
5 Transaction of business outside meetings or by telephone 20
(1) The Trust may, if it thinks fit, transact any of its business by the 21
circulation of papers among all the members of the Trust for the time 22
being, and a resolution in writing approved in writing by a majority of 23
those members is taken to be a decision of the Trust. 24
(2) The Trust may, if it thinks fit, transact any of its business at a meeting 25
at which members (or some members) participate by telephone, 26
closed-circuit television or other means, but only if any member who 27
speaks on a matter before the meeting can be heard by the other 28
members. 29
(3) For the purposes of: 30
(a) the approval of a resolution under subclause (1), or 31
(b) a meeting held in accordance with subclause (2), 32
the Chairperson and each member have the same voting rights as they 33
have at an ordinary meeting of the Trust. 34
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Schedule 3 Provisions relating to the procedure of the Trust
(4) A resolution approved under subclause (1) is, subject to the regulations, 1
to be recorded in the minutes of the meetings of the Trust. 2
(5) Papers may be circulated among the members for the purposes of 3
subclause (1) by facsimile or other transmission of the information in 4
the papers concerned. 5
6 Minutes 6
The Trust must cause full and accurate minutes to be kept of the 7
proceedings of each meeting of the Trust. 8
7 First meeting 9
The Minister may call the first meeting of the Trust in such manner as 10
the Minister thinks fit. 11
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