Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts[s. 13]
In this Schedule
—
meeting means a meeting of the governing body.
This Schedule applies
if the governing body consists of more than one member.
The procedure for the
calling of meetings and for the conduct of business at meetings is, except as
otherwise stated in this Schedule, to be determined by the governing body.
(1) The chairman must
preside at all meetings at which the chairman is present.
(2) If the chairman is
absent from a meeting the members present must appoint one of the members
present to preside.
A quorum for a meeting
is —
(a) 2
members if the governing body consists of 2 members; or
(b)
otherwise, at least one half of the number of members in office.
(1) At a meeting each
member present has a deliberative vote.
(2) Subject to
subclause (3), if there is an equality of votes on a question, the question
remains unresolved until a subsequent meeting.
(3) If, at a
subsequent meeting, there is an equality of votes on a question referred to in
subclause (2), the question is resolved in the negative.
The governing body
must cause accurate minutes to be kept of the proceedings at each meeting.
8 . Resolution without meeting
(1) A resolution in
writing signed by each member, or assented to by each member by letter,
telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or email, has the same effect as if it
had been passed at a meeting.
(2) The governing body
must cause a record to be kept of each resolution under subclause (1).
The presence of a
member at a meeting need not be by attendance in person but may be by that
member and each other member at the meeting being simultaneously in contact by
telephone or other means of instantaneous communication.
10 . Leave of absence from meetings
The governing body
may, on any terms and conditions it thinks fit, grant a member leave to be
absent from a meeting.
[Schedule 2 omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(e).]
[Schedules 3 and 4 omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(g).]
