(1) 5 of the members
of the Council constitute a quorum of the Council and no business may be
conducted by the Council unless a quorum is present.
(2) The Director may
nominate a person to attend and vote at a meeting of the Council on his or her
behalf.
(3) The presiding
member will preside at each meeting of the Council at which he or she is
present.
(4) If the presiding
member is absent, a member chosen by the members present will preside at the
meeting.
(5) A decision carried
by a majority of the votes cast by members at a meeting is a decision of the
Council.
(6) Each member
present at a meeting of the Council has 1 vote on any question arising
for decision and, if the votes are equal, the member presiding at the meeting
may exercise a casting vote.
(7) A conference by
telephone or other electronic means between members will, for the purposes of
this section, be taken to be a meeting of the Council at which the
participating members are present if—
(a)
notice of the conference is given to all members in the manner determined by
the Council for that purpose; and
(b) each
participating member is capable of communicating with every other
participating member during the conference.
(8) A proposed
resolution of the Council becomes a valid decision of the Council despite the
fact that it is not voted on at a meeting of the Council if—
(a)
notice of the proposed resolution is given to all members in accordance with
procedures determined by the Council; and
(b) a
majority of the members express their concurrence in the proposed resolution
by letter, email, telex, facsimile transmission or other written communication
setting out the terms of the resolution.
(9) The Council must
cause accurate minutes to be kept of its proceedings.
(10) Subject to this
Act, the Council may determine its own procedures.