Quorum at general meetings
36 Quorum at general meetings
No business may be conducted at a general meeting unless a quorum of members is present.
The quorum for a general meeting is the presence (physically, by proxy or as allowed under rule 35) of 10% of the members entitled to vote.
If a quorum is not present within 30 minutes after the notified commencement time of a general meeting—
in the case of a meeting convened by, or at the request of, members under rule 32—the meeting must be dissolved; or
Note
If a meeting convened by, or at the request of, members is dissolved under this subrule, the business that was to have been considered at the meeting is taken to have been dealt with. If members wish to have the business reconsidered at another special meeting, the members must make a new request under rule 32.
in any other case—
the meeting must be adjourned to a date not more than 21 days after the adjournment; and
notice of the date, time and place to which the meeting is adjourned must be given at the meeting and confirmed by written notice given to all members as soon as practicable after the meeting.
If a quorum is not present within 30 minutes after the time to which a general meeting has been adjourned under subrule (3)(b), the members present at the meeting (if not fewer than 3) may proceed with the business of the meeting as if a quorum were present.
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