Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsSchedule 2—Provisions relating to
membership and procedure of committees
and Councils
1. Questions arising at a meeting of a committee are to be determined by a majority of votes of the members present and voting.
2. (1) The Minister may appoint a member of a committee to be the Convenor of the committee and that person is to preside at meetings of the committee at which the person is present.
(2) In the absence of the Convenor at any meeting of a committee, the members present are to appoint one of their number to preside at that meeting.
3. The Convenor or member presiding at a meeting of a committee is to have a deliberate vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, a second or casting vote.
4. A majority of members of a committee form a quorum and any duly convened meeting at which a quorum is present is competent to transact any business of the committee and has and may exercise all the functions of that committee.
5. The frequency of meetings of a committee, the procedures for the calling of meetings, and the conduct of business at those meetings may, subject to any directions by the Minister, be as determined by the committee.
6. The Convenor of a committee must cause minutes of the proceedings and decisions at each meeting of the committee to be kept and must furnish the Minister and the Secretary with a copy of those minutes as soon as practicable after each meeting.
7. A member of a committee is entitled to receive remuneration and travelling and other allowances determined by the Minister.
8. (1) The Minister may appoint some person to act as the alternate of a member in the case of the illness or other absence from a meeting by a member and the alternate member is to exercise the powers and perform the duties of that member during the member's absence.
(2) In this Schedule, a reference to a member of the committee includes a reference to the member's alternate member.
9. A committee or the Minister may establish sub-committees (whether or not consisting of members of the committee) for the purposes of advising it upon such matters within the scope of its functions as may be referred to the sub-committees by the committee or the Minister.
10. A member of a committee holds office for the term not exceeding 5 years, specified in the member's instrument of employment, and ceases to hold office—
(a) if the member is removed from office; or
(b) when the member's term of office expires; or
(c) if the member resigns by delivering to the Minister a written resignation signed by the member.
Sch. 2 Item 10A inserted by No. 47/1988 s. 71(Sch. 4 item 2).
10A. A member of a committee who has a direct pecuniary interest in any matter before the committee must not take part in the deliberations on or the deciding of that matter.
11. The provisions of this Schedule apply to a Council or
sub‑committee as if it were a committee.