Local Government Act 2019

The chairperson of a meeting of an audit committee, council committee or local authority is:

for an audit committee – a member appointed by the council to be the chairperson of the audit committee; or

for a council committee – a member appointed by the council to be the chairperson of the committee; or

for a local authority – a member appointed by the local authority to be the chairperson of the local authority; or

for an audit committee, a council committee or a local authority, if the chairperson is not present (or no one is appointed to the position of the chairperson at the time of the meeting) – a member chosen by the members present at the meeting to chair the meeting.

A quorum at a meeting of an audit committee, a council committee or a local authority consists of a majority of its members holding office at the time of the meeting.

A member who is not physically present at a meeting is taken to be present at the meeting if:

the member's attendance at the meeting by means of an audio or audiovisual conferencing system is authorised in accordance with a council resolution establishing a policy for attendance in such a manner; and

communication is established by means of the conferencing system, at or around the commencement of the meeting, between the member and the members present at the place appointed for the meeting; and

the member has the same or substantially the same opportunity to participate in debate, and to register an opinion, on questions arising for decision as if the member were physically present at the meeting.

A decision of an audit committee, a council committee or a local authority is to be by majority vote of the members present at a meeting.

Subject to this Act and any direction by the council, an audit committee, a council committee or a local authority may determine its own procedures.