South Australian Current Acts

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MOTOR SPORT ACT 1984 - SECT 9A

9A—Procedures of Board

        (1)         Subject to this Act, a quorum of the Board consists of one half the total number of its members (ignoring any fraction resulting from the division) plus 1.

        (2)         A decision carried by the votes of a majority of the members present at a meeting of the Board is a decision of the Board.

        (3)         The presiding member will preside at a meeting of the Board and, in the absence of that person, or, in that member's absence, by the deputy presiding member (if any) and, in the absence of both the presiding member and the deputy presiding member (if any), the members present at a meeting of the Board must choose 1 of their number to preside at the meeting.

        (4)         A decision carried by a majority of the votes cast by members of the Board at a meeting is a decision of the Board.

        (5)         Each member present at a meeting of the Board has 1 vote on any question arising for decision (and the member presiding at the meeting will have a casting vote if the votes are equal).

        (6)         A conference by telephone or other electronic means between the members of the Board will, for the purposes of this section, be taken to be a meeting of the Board at which the participating members are present if—

            (a)         notice of the conference is given to all members in the manner determined by the Board for the purpose; and

            (b)         each participating member is capable of communicating with every other participating member during the conference.

        (7)         A proposed resolution of the Board becomes a valid decision of the Board despite the fact that it is not voted on at a meeting of the Board if—

            (a)         notice of the proposed resolution is given to all members of the Board in accordance with procedures determined by the Board; and

            (b)         a majority of the members express concurrence in the proposed resolution by letter, email or other written communication setting out the terms of the resolution.

        (8)         The Board must have accurate minutes kept of its proceedings at meetings.

        (9)         Subject to this Act, the Board may determine its own procedures.