Western Australian Current Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1986 - SECT 11

11 .         Meetings of Authority

        (1)         Meetings of the Authority are to be held at such times and places as the Authority determines, but —

            (a)         the Chair may convene a meeting of the Authority at any time; and

            (b)         the Minister may convene a meeting of the Authority if the Minister wishes it to discuss a matter on which the Minister has requested its advice.

        (2)         At a meeting of the Authority —

            (a)         the person who presides is —

                  (i)         the Chair, if present; or

                  (ii)         if the Chair is not present — the Deputy Chair, if present; or

                  (iii)         if both the Chair and the Deputy Chair are not present — an Authority member elected to preside by the Authority members present;

                and

            (b)         3 Authority members constitute a quorum; and

            (c)         each Authority member present must cast a deliberative vote on any question that is to be decided; and

            (d)         any question must be decided by a majority of the votes cast by the Authority members present, but if the voting on a question is equally divided, the person presiding at that meeting has a casting vote in addition to a deliberative vote; and

            (e)         a question cannot be decided unless at least 3 Authority members vote on it.

        (3)         Notice of meetings of the Authority must be given to the Department.

        (4)         The CEO, or a representative of the CEO, is entitled to be present at any meeting and to take part in the consideration and discussion of any matter before a meeting, but cannot vote on any matter.

        (5)         At a meeting of the Authority the presence of an Authority member need not be by attendance in person but may be by that Authority member, each other Authority member at the meeting and any person at the meeting under subsection (4) being simultaneously in contact by telephone or other means of instantaneous communication.

        (6)         At a meeting of the Authority the presence of a person under subsection (4) need not be by attendance in person but may be by that person and each Authority member at the meeting being simultaneously in contact by telephone or other means of instantaneous communication.

        [Section 11 inserted: No. 40 of 2020 s. 8; amended: No. 36 of 2024 s. 6.]