Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The Chairperson
may convene meetings of the Tribunal and shall preside at all meetings of the
Tribunal at which the Chairperson is present.
(2) In the event of
the absence of the Chairperson from a meeting —
(a)
another member nominated by the Chairperson for that purpose shall preside; or
(b) if
another member has not been so nominated by the Chairperson, another member
nominated by the Minister for that purpose shall preside.
(3) At a meeting of
the Tribunal —
(a) the
procedure shall be as determined by the Tribunal; and
[(b) deleted]
(c) all
questions shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present
and voting; and
(d) the
member presiding has a deliberative vote; and
(e) in
the event of an equality of votes being cast on any question, the question
shall be deferred until a subsequent meeting of the Tribunal.
(4) The Tribunal must
ensure that accurate minutes are kept of each of its meetings.
(5) A meeting of the
Tribunal may be held —
(a) in
person; or
(b)
using remote communication; or
(c) by a
mix of those 2 ways of meeting.
(6) A person
(including the member presiding) who participates in a meeting of the Tribunal
using remote communication is taken to be present at the meeting.
(7) In subsections (5)
and (6) —
remote communication , in relation to a meeting,
means any technology that enables all the persons taking part in the meeting
to communicate with each other at the same time in a reasonably continuous
way.
[Section 9 amended: No. 3 of 2025 s. 8.]