Heritage Places Act 1993

The member designated by the Minister to chair meetings of the Council will preside at a meeting of the Council or, in the absence of that member, the appropriate member designated by the members of the

Council will preside or, in the absence of both of them, a member chosen by those present will preside.

The prescribed number of members of the Council constitutes a quorum of the Council.

A decision carried by a majority of the votes of the members present at a meeting of the Council is a decision of the Council.

Each member present at a meeting of the Council is entitled to one vote on any matter arising for decision at that meeting and, if the votes are equal, the person chairing the meeting is entitled to a second or casting vote.

A conference by telephone or other electronic means between the members of the Council will, for the purposes of this section, be taken to be a meeting of the Council at which the participating members are present if—

notice of the conference is given to all members in the manner determined by the Council for the purpose; and

each participating member is capable of communicating with every other participating member during the conference.

A proposed resolution of the Council in connection with a prescribed urgent matter becomes a valid decision of the Council despite the fact that it is not voted on at a meeting of the Council if—

notice of the proposed resolution is given to all members of the Council in accordance with procedures determined by the Council; and

a majority of the members express concurrence in the proposed resolution by letter, fax, e‑mail or other written communication setting out the terms of the resolution.

A meeting of the Council is to be open to the public unless the

Council considers it necessary and appropriate to exclude the public in order to enable the Council to consider in confidence any matter that it considers to be confidential or if it considers that exclusion necessary to protect a place that is or may be of heritage significance.

The minutes of meetings of the Council must be available for public inspection without charge.

In this section, the prescribed number of members of the Council is a number ascertained by dividing the total number of members of the

Council for the time being in office by 2, ignoring any fraction resulting from the division, and adding 1.

In this section—

prescribed urgent matter means—

the provisional entry of a place in the Register under section 17(2)(b);

or

the making of an order under section 30(1).