Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING REGULATOR ACT 2011 - SECT 184D

Presiding at meetings

  (1)   The Chair must preside at all meetings at which the Chair is present.

  (2)   If the Chair is not present at a meeting, a person appointed by the Chair must be present and preside.

Quorum

  (3)   At a meeting of the Advisory Council, a quorum is constituted by half of the Advisory Council members for the time being holding office.

  (4)   However, if:

  (a)   an Advisory Council member is required by section   183 not to be present during the deliberations, or to take part   in any decision, of the Advisory Council with respect to a particular matter; and

  (b)   when the Advisory Council member leaves the meeting concerned there is no longer a quorum present;

the remaining Advisory Council at the meeting constitute a quorum for the purpose of any deliberation or decision at that meeting with respect to that matter.

Rules of procedure

  (5)   The Advisory Council may, subject to this Division, regulate proceedings at its meetings as it considers appropriate.

Note:   Section   33B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 contains further information about the ways in which Advisory Council members may participate in meetings.