Committee meetings—voting
53 Committee meetings—voting
Each committee member—
has 1 vote on each question arising at the committee meeting; and
must vote personally.
Note A committee member who has a material personal interest in a matter must not be present while the matter is being considered by the committee and must not vote on the matter (see Act, s 65A).
A motion is carried if a majority of the committee members at the committee meeting vote in favour of the motion.
However, if the votes on a question are equal, the chair has a second or deciding vote.
The committee members at a committee meeting may vote on a question at the meeting orally, in writing or by a show of hands.
However, a vote on a question at a committee meeting must be by ballot conducted at the meeting if—
the chair decides the vote is to be by ballot; or
at least 2 committee members request the vote be by ballot.
If a ballot is required, the chair must decide how the ballot is to be conducted.
For this section, voting personally includes voting while taking part in a committee meeting conducted using a method of communication that allows a committee member taking part to hear or otherwise know what each other committee member taking part says without the members being in each other’s presence.
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