Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00855:section:17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00855
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 17
Character Range: 36414–38123

17  Meetings of the Council
 (1) The Council shall hold such meetings as are necessary for the performance of its functions.
 (2) The Chair may at any time convene a meeting of the Council.
 (3) The Chair shall, on receipt of a request in writing signed by 2 other members of the Council, convene a meeting of the Council.
 (4) At a meeting of the Council a majority of the members of the Council for the time being holding office constitute a quorum.
 (5) The Director‑General is entitled to receive notice of meetings of the Council, and the Director‑General, or a member of the staff of the Archives nominated by him or her, may attend any meeting of the Council and take such part in the proceedings, not including voting, as the Council approves.
 (6) The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Council at which he or she is present.
 (7) If, at a meeting of the Council, the Chair is not present but the Deputy Chair is present, the Deputy Chair shall preside at the meeting.
 (8) If neither the Chair nor the Deputy Chair is present at a meeting of the Council, the members present shall elect one of their number to preside at the meeting.
 (9) Questions arising at a meeting of the Council shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting.
 (10) The member presiding at a meeting of the Council has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, also has a casting vote.
 (11) In subsections (2) and (3), a reference to the Chair shall, if there is no Chair or the Chair is absent from Australia or unable to perform the duties of his or her office, be read as a reference to the Deputy Chair.

Part V—Commonwealth records

Division 1—Preliminary