South Australian Numbered Acts

PODIATRY PRACTICE ACT 2005 (NO 9 OF 2005) - SECT 17

17—Board's procedures

        (1)         Subject to this Act, 5 members constitute a quorum of the Board.

        (2)         A meeting of the Board (other than for the purposes of hearing and determining proceedings under Part 4) 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 1 of their number to preside at the meeting.

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

        (4)         Each member present at a meeting of the Board has 1 vote on any question arising for decision and, except in hearing and determining proceedings under Part 4, the member presiding at the meeting may exercise a casting vote if the votes are equal.

        (5)         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.

        (6)         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, telegram, telex, facsimile transmission, electronic mail or other written communication setting out the terms of the resolution.

        (7)         However, subsections (5) and (6) do not apply in relation to the hearing and determination of proceedings under Part 4 by the Board as constituted for the purposes of proceedings under that Part.

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

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