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subject to such conditions or limitations as the Ministerial Council may specify; and
(b) may be varied or revoked by the Ministerial Council (whether or not constituted by the persons constituting the Ministerial Council at the time when the power or function was conferred); and
(c) does not derogate from the ability of the Ministerial Council to act in any matter.

    12. Ministerial Council May Require Committee and Authority to Report
The Ministerial Council may require a report from the Committee or the Authority on any of the Committee's or Authority's functions.

    13. Proceedings of the Ministerial Council
       (1) The Ministerial Council shall meet at least once in each year but otherwise at such times as it sees fit and shall, subject to this Agreement, determine its own procedure.
       (2) Subject to sub‑clauses (3) and (4), the quorum for a meeting of the Ministerial Council shall be a Minister for each Contracting Government, appointed under clause 8.
       (3) The quorum of the Ministerial Council for debating any issue, or considering or making any resolution on an issue related to any provision of the Agreement, or to any policy, determination or decision of the Ministerial Council, which does not apply, in whole or in part, to either or both of Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory by virtue of Part VI, does not include the Minister appointed by the Government of Queensland or the Minister appointed by the Australian Capital Territory or both of those Ministers (as the case requires).
       (4) The quorum of the Ministerial Council for debating any issue, or considering or making any resolution on an issue in respect of its functions under the Water Act:
(a) includes the Minister appointed by the Government of Queensland, unless the matter relates to Part 2A of the Water Act, in which case the quorum includes that Minister only if the issue relates to critical human water needs in a way that affects Queensland, or affects the sharing of Basin water resources between Queensland and New South Wales; and
(b) includes the Minister appointed by the Australian Capital Territory, unless the matter relates to Part 2A of the Water Act, in which case the quorum includes that Minister only if the issue relates to critical human water needs in a way that affects the Australian Capital Territory.
       (5) A person who is not included in a quorum may not vote on any resolution referred to in sub‑clause (3) or (4).
       (6) A resolution before the Ministerial Council will be carried only by a unanimous vote of all Ministers present who constitute a quorum.
       (7) The Chair of the Ministerial Council shall be the Commonwealth Minister appointed under clause 8.

    14. Resolutions