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WATER ACT 1989 - SECT 120

Meetings and proceedings at meetings of the boards of directors

    (1)     The board of directors of a water corporation must hold at least one ordinary meeting every 3 months.

    (2)     Subject to this Act, the board of directors of a water corporation may regulate its own procedure.

    (3)     The chairperson or, in his or her absence, the deputy chairperson or, in the absence of both the chairperson and deputy chairperson, a member of the board of directors of a water corporation elected by the members present at the meeting, must preside at a meeting of the board.

    (4)     The quorum for a meeting of the board of directors of a water corporation is a majority of the members for the time being.

    (5)     A question arising at a meeting of the board of directors of a water corporation is determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting on the question.

    (6)     The person presiding at a meeting has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes on any question, a second or casting vote.

    (7)     The board of directors of a water corporation must ensure that minutes are kept of each meeting of the board.

    (8)     The board of directors of a water corporation must record in the minutes—

        (a)     the names of the members present; and

        (b)     the names of the members voting on any question in relation to which a division is called.

    (9)     The board of directors of a water corporation may permit its members to participate in a particular meeting by—

        (a)     telephone; or

        (b)     closed-circuit television; or

        (c)     any other means of electronic or instantaneous communication.

    (10)     A member of the board of directors of a water corporation who participates in a meeting under subsection (9) is deemed to be present at the meeting.

S. 121 substituted by No. 85/2006 s. 54.



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