Radiation Safety Act 1999

A question at a council meeting is decided by a majority of the votes of the members present.

Each member present at the meeting has a vote on each question to be decided and, if the votes are equal, the member presiding also has a casting vote.

A member present at the meeting who abstains from voting is taken to have voted for the negative.

The council may hold meetings, or allow members to take part in its meetings, by using any technology allowing reasonably contemporaneous and continuous communication between members taking part in the meeting.

A member who takes part in a council meeting under subsection (4) is taken to be present at the meeting.

A resolution is validly made by the council, even if it is not passed at a council meeting, if—

a majority of the council members gives written agreement to the resolution; and

notice of the resolution is given under procedures approved by the council.