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PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION ACT 1998 - SECT 39

Meetings of Commission

  (1)   The Chair is to convene such meetings of the Commission he or she thinks necessary for the efficient performance of the functions of the Commission.

  (2)   Meetings are to be held at such places as the Chair determines.

  (3)   The Chair must preside at all meetings.

  (4)   The Chair may give directions regarding the procedure to be followed at or in connection with a meeting.

  (5)   At a meeting:

  (a)   the Chair and 3 other Commissioners form a quorum; and

  (b)   questions must be decided by a majority of votes of the Commissioners present and voting; and

  (c)   the Chair has a deliberative vote and, if necessary, also has a casting vote.

  (6)   The Chair may permit a person to participate in, or a Commissioner to form a part of a quorum at, a meeting by means of telephone, closed circuit television or any other method of communication.

  (7)   A power of the Chair under subsection   (1), (2), (4) or (6) must be exercised, so far as practicable, only after consultation with the Commissioners.

  (8)   This section has effect subject to sections   40 and 41.



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