Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152:section:15
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 15
Character Range: 55799–57448

15  Meetings of Commission
 (1) The Chairperson may, at any time, convene a meeting of the Commission.
 (2) The Chairperson shall convene such meetings of the Commission as, in his or her opinion, are necessary for the efficient performance of its functions.
 (3) At a meeting of the Commission, 2 Commissioners constitute a quorum.
 (4) The Chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the Commission at which he or she is present.
 (5) If the Chairperson is not present at a meeting of the Commission, the Commissioners present shall elect one of their number to preside at that meeting.
 (6) Questions arising at a meeting of the Commission shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the Commissioners present and voting.
 (7) The person presiding at a meeting of the Commission has a deliberative vote, and, in the event of an equality of votes, also has a casting vote.
 (8) If, at any meeting of the Commission at which 2 Commissioners only are present, not being a meeting from which a Commissioner is absent by reason of section 11, the Commissioners differ in opinion on any matter, the determination of that matter shall be postponed to a full meeting of the Commission.
 (9) The Commission may regulate the conduct of proceedings at its meetings as it thinks fit.
 (10) In this section:
 (a) a reference to the Chairperson shall, if a person is acting as Chairperson, be construed as a reference to the person so acting; and
 (b) a reference to a Commissioner shall, if a person is acting as the Chairperson, the non‑judicial appointee or the Electoral Commissioner, be construed as including a reference to the person so acting.