Queensland Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 15

15 Meetings of commission

(1) The chairperson may, at any time, convene a meeting of the commission.

(2) If the chairperson is absent or otherwise unavailable to perform the chairperson’s duties and no one is acting as chairperson, the electoral commissioner may convene a meeting of the commission.

(3) The chairperson must convene such meetings of the commission as, in the chairperson’s opinion, are necessary for the efficient performance of its functions.

(4) At a meeting of the commission, 2 commissioners constitute a quorum.

(5) The chairperson must preside at all meetings of the commission at which the chairperson is present.

(6) If the chairperson is not present at a meeting of the commission, the commissioners present must choose 1 of them to preside.

(7) Questions arising at a meeting of the commission are to be determined by a majority of the votes of the commissioners present and voting.

(8) The person presiding at a meeting of the commission has a deliberative vote and, if the votes on a question are equal, also has a casting vote.

(9) If, at a meeting of the commission at which only 2 commissioners are present (other than a meeting from which a commissioner is absent because of section 12 ), the commissioners differ in opinion on any matter, the determination of the matter must be postponed to a meeting of the commission at which all commissioners are present.

(10) The commission may regulate the conduct of proceedings at its meetings as it considers appropriate.

(11) This section applies to the commission only when it is performing its functions under part 3 .