South Australian Current Acts

SOUTH EASTERN WATER CONSERVATION AND DRAINAGE ACT 1992 - SECT 15

15—Procedure at meetings

        (1)         A meeting of the Board will be chaired by the presiding member or, in his or her absence, by the deputy presiding member, and, in the absence of both the presiding member and the deputy presiding member, the members present at a meeting of the Board must choose one of their number to preside at the meeting.

        (2)         Five members of the Board, of whom at least one is an elected member, constitute a quorum of the Board and no business may be transacted at a meeting of the Board unless a quorum is present.

        (3)         Subject to subsection (2), the Board may act notwithstanding vacancies in its membership.

        (4)         Each member present at a meeting of the Board is (subject to section 16) entitled to one vote on a matter arising for decision at the meeting, but the person presiding at the meeting has, in the event of an equality of votes, a casting vote as well as a deliberative vote.

        (5)         A decision carried by a majority of the votes cast by the members present and voting at a meeting is a decision of the Board.

        (6)         The Board must cause accurate minutes to be kept of its proceedings at meetings.

        (7)         The procedure for the calling of meetings of the Board and for the conduct of business at meetings will, subject to this Act, be determined by the Board.