Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00021:section:40
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00021
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 40
Character Range: 34727–35973

40  Commission may sit in Divisions
 (1) For the purposes of performing a function of the Commission, the Chair may, by written instrument, establish a Division of the Commission.
 (2) The Division is to be constituted by the Chair and any other member or members specified in the instrument.
 (3) A Division is taken to be the Commission for the purposes of performing the function specified in the instrument and exercising the powers of the Commission in relation to that function.
 (4) Despite subsection 39(3), the Chair is not required to attend a meeting of a Division. If the Chair does not attend, he or she must nominate another member to preside.
 (5) The Chair may at any time before the Commission has completed performing the function specified in the instrument, amend the instrument in any respect, and if the constitution of the Division is changed, the Division as constituted after the change may complete the function specified in the instrument.
 (6) At a meeting of a Division constituted by 3 or more members, 2 members form a quorum.
 (7) A Division of the Commission may exercise powers of the Commission under this Act even if another Division of the Commission is exercising powers of the Commission at the same time.