Queensland Consolidated Acts

CONSTITUTION OF QUEENSLAND 2001 - SECT 50

50 Meetings of Executive Council

(1) The Governor must preside over a meeting of Executive Council.

(2) However, if, for good reason, the Governor can not preside, a meeting of Executive Council must be presided over by—

(a) if the Governor has appointed a member of Executive Council to preside—the member; or

(b) if the Governor has not appointed a member to preside—the member who is taken to be the most senior member present.

(3) Executive Council must not deal with any business at a meeting unless—

(a) it has been summoned to meet by the Governor’s authority; and

(b) at least 2 members, other than any presiding member, are present for the entire meeting.

(4) A meeting of Executive Council may be held using any technology that enables reasonably continuous and contemporaneous communication between participants.

(5) A person who participates in a meeting under subsection (4) is taken to be present at the meeting.

(6) In this section—

"participants" , in a meeting of Executive Council, means the Governor or member presiding at the meeting and the members present at the meeting.