Procedure at meetings
24 Procedure at meetings
The Presiding Member of a Committee must preside at meetings of the
Committee or, in the absence of the Presiding Member from a meeting, the members present must decide who is to preside at the meeting.
The number of members of a Committee that constitute a quorum of the Committee is—
if the Committee consists of 5 members—3 members (at least 1 of whom must have been appointed to the Committee from the group led by the
Leader of the Opposition in the Committee's appointing House);
and
if the Committee consists of 6 or 7 members—4 members;
and
if the Committee consists of 8 or 9 members—5 members.
No business may be transacted at a meeting of a Committee unless a quorum is present.
A decision carried by a majority of the votes of the members present at a meeting of a Committee is a decision of the
Committee.
The Presiding Member or any other member presiding at a meeting of the Committee has, in addition to a deliberative vote, a casting vote in the event of an equality of votes.
Subject to this Act and any other Act, the Committee is to conduct its business—
to the extent that the Standing Orders of its appointing House or
Joint Standing Orders (as the case may be) apply—in accordance with those Orders; and
otherwise in such manner as the Committee thinks fit.
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