Section 4 — Voting — Commons Management Act 1989 (New South Wales) — Barrister AI

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Section 4 — Voting — Commons Management Act 1989 (New South Wales) — Barrister AI

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s 1Name of Act s 2Commencement s 3Definitions s 3AMeaning of “land district”s 4A trust to be established in respect of each common s 5Appointment of an initial administrator s 6Constitution of trust boards s 7Power of the Minister to appoint a local authority to manage the affairs of a trust s 8Functions of a trust s 9Power of a trust to make by-law s 10Duty of a trust to keep a commoners’ roll s 11Appeals against refusal of a trust to enter a person’s name on the commoners’ roll s 12Rights of commoners may be exercised only by persons whose names are entered on the commoners’ roll s 13Operation of the Division s 14Trust to have a fee simple estate in the common for which it is established s 15Trust may acquire other land etc in certain cases s 16Trust not to enter into land transactions without the consent or authority of the Minister s 17Mortgage of common land may include a power of sale s 18Effect of transfer etc of land vested in a trust s 19Execution of instruments on behalf of a trust s 20Proceeds of sale etc s 21Power of the Minister to direct a trust to set aside funds for the payment of debts s 22Trust to be empowered to grant temporary licences for grazing etc s 23Lease or licence in respect of a common or part of a common to terminate in certain cases s 24Dissolution of a trust—disposal of the trust property s 25Preparation of management plans s 26Reference of certain draft management plans to the trust concerned s 27Adoption of a draft management plan s 28Management plan may be cancelled or altered s 29Principal place of administration of a trust s 30Keeping of records by a trust s 31Trust to hold an annual general meeting of commoners s 32General election of members of the trust board to be held at every third annual general meeting of commoners s 33Election to be held to fill a vacancy in the membership of a trust board s 34General provisions applicable to elections of members of trust boards s 35Special general meetings of commoners s 36Provisions preliminary to holding a general meeting of commoners s 37Trust to prepare an annual report of its activities etc s 38Procedure at general meetings of commoners s 39Minutes of proceedings of general meetings of commoners etc s 40Financial year of a trust s 41Trust to keep accounting records s 42Trust to prepare an income and expenditure account and balance sheet s 43Appointment and election of auditors s 44Removal and resignation of auditors s 45Fees and expenses of auditors s 46Powers and duties of auditors to report on accounts s 47Obstruction of an auditor s 48Appointment of an interim administrator s 49Administrator to convene meeting for the election of members of a trust board when directed to do so s 50Right of a commoner to complain to the Minister with respect to the management of the affairs of a trust s 51Powers of the Minister with respect to complaints lodged under s 50 s 52Duty of Secretary to inquire into a complaint referred under s 51 (1) (b)s 53Determination of the Minister with respect to a complaint lodged under section 50 s 54Powers of inspection etc s 55Power to conduct an investigation into the affairs of a trust s 56Power of a member of a trust board etc to remove persons from the common s 57Offences relating to powers conferred by ss 54–56 s 58Minister’s power of delegation s 59Persons in default s 60Proceedings for offences s 61Crown-timber lands located within a common s 61ARevocation of a common s 62Regulations s 63Savings and transitional provisions s 64Repeals s 1Administrators to whom this Schedule applies s 2Acting administrator s 3Vacation of office s 4Effect of certain other Acts s 5Administrator’s duty to preside at meetings of commoners s 6Expenses of administrator s 7Administrator not liable for losses incurred during administration s 1Age of members of trust boards s 2Maximum number of members s 3Vacancy in office of member s 4Term of office of person appointed or elected to fill a vacancy s 5Members of trust board etc not to be liable for certain acts or omissions s 6Disclosure of pecuniary interests s 7Invitations for tenders s 1General procedure s 2Quorum s 3Presiding member s 4Voting s 1Quorum s 2President to preside over general meetings s 3Adjournment s 4Voting s 5Decisions taken at general meetings s 1Definitions s 2Minister to assign new corporate name to existing bodies corporate s 3Existing trustees to continue in office s 4Commoners’ rolls s 5Commoners of existing commons s 6Financial year of a trust established by section 4 (3)s 7Provisions with respect to animals etc found on an existing common s 8Licences and permits granted to take soil etc from an existing common s 9Transitional management plans applicable to existing commons s 10Regulations

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A decision supported by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of a trust board at which a quorum is present is the decision of the trust.

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