Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission may, at any time, convene a meeting of an augmented Electoral Commission for a State.

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission shall preside at all meetings of an augmented Electoral Commission at which he or she is present.

If the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission is not present at a meeting of an augmented Electoral Commission:

the Electoral Commissioner shall preside; or

if the Electoral Commissioner is not present at the meeting—the members present shall appoint one of their number to preside.

At a meeting of an augmented Electoral Commission, 4 members constitute a quorum.

Subject to subsection (6), questions arising at a meeting of an augmented Electoral Commission shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting.

A determination under subsection 73(1) shall not be made unless not less than 4 members of the augmented Electoral Commission, of whom not less than 2 are members of the Electoral Commission, vote in favour of the making of the determination.

Subject to subsection (8), the member presiding at a meeting of an augmented Electoral Commission has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, also has a casting vote.

The casting vote of the member presiding at a meeting of an augmented Electoral Commission shall not be used to vote in favour of the making of a determination under subsection 73(1).

An augmented Electoral Commission may regulate the conduct of proceedings at its meetings as it thinks fit.

Subject to section 72, an augmented Electoral Commission may inform itself on any matter in such manner as it thinks fit.

The Electoral Commission shall, on request by an augmented Electoral Commission, supply the augmented Electoral Commission with all such information, and provide the augmented Electoral Commission with all such assistance, as it requires for the purposes of this Part.