Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2020C00256:section:21
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2020C00256
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 21
Character Range: 21735–24224

21  Meetings of Commission
 (1) The Commission shall hold such meetings as are necessary for the efficient performance of its functions.
 (2) The Chairperson:
 (a) may, at any time, convene a meeting of the Commission; and
 (b) shall, on receipt of a written request signed by not less than 3 other members, convene a meeting of the Commission.
 (3) The Minister may, at any time, convene a meeting of the Commission.
 (4) The Chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the Commission at which he or she is present.
 (5) Where the Chairperson is not present at a meeting of the Commission, the Deputy Chairperson shall preside, or, if the Deputy Chairperson is not present, the members present shall appoint one of their number to preside at the meeting.
 (6) Subject to this Act, the person presiding at a meeting may give directions regarding the procedure to be followed at or in connection with that meeting.
 (7) At a meeting:
 (a) 5 members constitute a quorum;
 (b) all questions shall be decided by a majority of votes of the members present and voting; and
 (c) the person presiding has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, also has a casting vote.
 (8) Where a majority of the members (being a majority of the members that includes the Chairperson) sign a document containing a statement that they are in favour of a resolution in terms set out in the document, a resolution in those terms shall be taken to have been passed at a duly constituted meeting of the Commission held on the day on which the document was signed, or, if the members sign the document on different days, on the last of those days.
 (9) For the purposes of subsection (8), 2 or more separate documents containing statements in identical terms each of which is signed by one or more members shall together be taken to constitute one document containing a statement in those terms signed by those members on the respective days on which they signed the separate documents.
 (10) A member shall not sign, under subsection (8), a document containing a statement in favour of a resolution if the resolution is in respect of a matter in which the member has a material personal interest.
 (11) The Commission shall keep records of its meetings and records of resolutions taken to have been passed in accordance with subsection (8).
 (12) The Commission may invite a person to attend a meeting of the Commission for the purpose of advising or informing the Commission on any matter.