Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00105:section:144e:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00105
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 144E (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 87291–88811

TSRA present and voting.

Person presiding may vote
 (9) The person presiding at a meeting of the TSRA has a deliberative vote and, if the votes are equal, also has a casting vote.

TSRA may regulate conduct of proceedings
 (10) The TSRA may regulate the conduct of proceedings at its meetings as it thinks fit and, in particular, may conduct its meetings in accordance with Torres Strait Islander or Aboriginal tradition and custom.

TSRA must keep minutes
 (11) The TSRA must cause minutes of the proceedings at its meetings to be kept.

TSRA may meet by telephone etc.
 (12) If the TSRA so determines in writing (the meeting determination), a member of the TSRA may participate in, and form part of a quorum at, a meeting of the TSRA by means of any of the following methods of communication:
 (a) telephone;
 (b) closed‑circuit television;
 (c) another method of communication determined by the TSRA in writing.

Determination may be made for a particular meeting or for all meetings
 (13) The TSRA may make a meeting determination:
 (a) for a particular meeting of the TSRA; or
 (b) for all meetings of the TSRA.

Member who participates in telephone meeting taken to be present at the meeting
 (14) A member of the TSRA who participates in a meeting as provided by subsection (12) is taken for the purposes of this section and rules made for the purposes of section 29 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (which deals with the duty to disclose interests) to be present at the meeting.