Procedures
8 Procedures
A quorum of a governing board consists of a majority of its members for the time being.
The agenda for a meeting of a governing board must, at least 7 days before the meeting is to be held, be published on a website accessible by the public at no charge.
The
Chairperson or, in the absence of the Chairperson, the Deputy
Chairperson (if any) or, in the absence of both, another member elected to chair the meeting by the members present, is to preside at a meeting of a governing board.
A decision carried by a majority of the votes cast by the members present at a meeting of a governing board is a decision of the board.
A conference by telephone or other electronic means between the members of a governing board will, for the purposes of this clause, be taken to be a meeting of the board at which the participating members are present if—
notice of the conference is given to all members in the manner determined by the board for the purpose; and
each participating member is capable of communicating with every other participating member during the conference.
A proposed resolution of a governing board becomes a valid decision of the board despite the fact that it is not voted on at a meeting of the board if—
notice of the proposed resolution is given to all members in accordance with procedures determined by the board; and
a majority of the members express concurrence in the proposed resolution by letter, fax, email or other written communication setting out the terms of the resolution.
A governing board must have accurate minutes kept of its meetings and must publish the approved minutes of the meeting within 7 days of the meeting at which the minutes were approved on a website accessible by the public at no charge.
Subject to this Act and the regulations, a governing board may determine its own procedures.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Second reading speech
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