Conservation Act 1987

Sports Fish and Game Councils - New Zealand Fish and Game Council

26K: Meetings of New Zealand Fish and Game Council

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"How the New Zealand Fish and Game Council holds its meetings"

The New Zealand Fish and Game Council has meetings at least twice a year. You can find out when and where these meetings are held by checking what the council or its chairperson has decided. The chairperson is in charge of calling special meetings when at least three members ask for one in writing.

When the council meets, most of its members need to be there for any decisions to be made. Each question or issue is decided by a majority vote of the members who are present and voting. The chairperson of the meeting gets to vote like everyone else, and if there's a tie, they get to make the final decision.

The council can make its own rules about how it runs its meetings, as long as it follows the rules in the Conservation Act. If someone isn't appointed to the council properly, or if there's a vacancy, it won't stop the council from making decisions or doing its job. You can learn more about the rules that govern the council's meetings by reading the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990.

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26KMeetings of New Zealand Fish and Game Council

  1. Meetings of the New Zealand Fish and Game Council shall be held at least twice a year at such times and places as the New Zealand Fish and Game Council or the chairperson from time to time appoints.

  2. A special meeting shall be called by the chairperson whenever 3 or more members so request in writing.

  3. At any meeting of the New Zealand Fish and Game Council, a majority of the members in office shall form a quorum, and no business shall be transacted at any meeting unless such a quorum is present.

  4. Every question before any meeting of the New Zealand Fish and Game Council shall be determined by a majority of the members present and voting on the question, and proper minutes shall be kept of proceedings.

  5. At any meeting of the New Zealand Fish and Game Council, the chairperson of that meeting shall have a deliberative vote and, in the case of an equality of votes, shall also have a casting vote.

  6. The powers of the New Zealand Fish and Game Council shall not be affected by any vacancy in its membership, nor shall the proceedings of the New Zealand Fish and Game Council be invalidated merely because of the subsequent discovery that some defect existed in the appointment of any member.

  7. Subject to the provisions of this Act, the New Zealand Fish and Game Council may regulate its procedure in such manner as it thinks fit.

Notes
  • Section 26K: inserted, on , by section 17 of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).