South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts (1) 6 members
constitute a quorum of the Board.
(2) A meeting of the
Board will be chaired by the presiding member or, in his or her absence, by a
member of the Board chosen by the members present at the meeting.
(3) A decision carried
by a majority of the votes cast by members of the Board at a meeting is a
decision of the Board.
(4) Each member
present at a meeting of the Board has one vote on any question arising for
decision and the member presiding at the meeting may exercise a casting vote
if the votes are equal.
(5) A conference by
telephone or other electronic means between the members of the Board will, for
the purposes of this section, be taken to be a meeting of the Board at which
the participating members are present if—
(a)
notice of the conference is given to all members in the manner determined by
the Board for the purpose; and
(b) each
participating member is capable of communicating with every other
participating member during the conference.
(6) A proposed
resolution of the Board becomes a valid decision of the Board despite the fact
that it is not voted on at a meeting of the Board if—
(a)
notice of the proposed resolution is given to all members of the Board in
accordance with procedures determined by the Board; and
(b) a
majority of the members express concurrence in the proposed resolution by
letter, telegram, telex, facsimile transmission, electronic mail or other
written communication setting out the terms of the resolution.
(7) The Board must
have accurate minutes kept of its meetings.
(8) Subject to this
Act, the Board may determine its own procedures.
(9) If the Public
Sector Management Act 1995 would not, apart from this section, apply to a
member of the Board, that Act applies to the member in the same way as to an
advisory body member within the meaning of that Act.