Voting at Board meetings
7G Voting at Board meetings
Subject to this section, a question arising at a meeting of the Board is to be determined by a majority of the votes of Board members present.
Person presiding has a casting vote
The person presiding at a meeting has:
a deliberative vote; and
if necessary, also a casting vote.
CEO is not a voting member
The CEO is not entitled to vote on any question arising at a meeting of the Board.
Voting for special ACC operations/investigations
The Board cannot determine that an intelligence operation is a special operation, or that an investigation into matters relating to federally relevant criminal activity is a special investigation, unless at least 9 Board members (including at least 2 eligible Commonwealth Board members) vote in favour of making the determination.
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