Conservation Act 1987

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26ZD: Meetings of Fish and Game Councils

You could also call this:

"Rules for Fish and Game Council meetings"

When you are part of a Fish and Game Council, you will have meetings. You will have at least six meetings each year from 1 February to 31 December. The Council or the chairperson will decide when and where these meetings are held.

If three or more members want a special meeting, the chairperson will call one. At any meeting, most of the members must be there for any decisions to be made. You will make decisions by voting, and the chairperson gets a special vote if it's a tie.

The Council can still make decisions even if some members are missing. You will have a public annual general meeting each year to talk about your annual report and finances. This meeting must happen within four months of the end of your financial year.

You can decide how you want to run your meetings, as long as you follow the rules of the Conservation Act 1987.

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26ZC: Chairpersons of Fish and Game Councils, or

"Who leads Fish and Game Council meetings"

26ZE: Director-General entitled to attend meetings of Fish and Game Councils, or

"The boss of conservation can attend Fish and Game Council meetings or send someone to go for them"

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26ZDMeetings of Fish and Game Councils

Meetings of any Fish and Game Council shall be held on at least 6 occasions in the period commencing on 1 February and ending on 31 December in each year at such times and places as the Council or the chairperson from time to time appoints.
A special meeting shall be called by the chairperson whenever 3 or more members so request in writing.
At any meeting of a 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.
Every question before any meeting of a Fish and Game Council shall be determined by a majority of the members present and voting on the question.
At any meeting of a 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.
The powers of a Fish and Game Council shall not be affected by any vacancy in its membership, nor shall the proceedings of the Council be invalidated merely because of the subsequent discovery that some defect existed in the appointment of any member.
As soon as practicable after the end of its financial year and not later than 4 months thereafter, in every year of its operation, each Fish and Game Council shall call a public annual general meeting at which the Council shall present its annual report and financial statement for the period of 12 months that ended on that day.
Subject to the provisions of this Act, a Fish and Game Council may regulate its procedure in such manner as it thinks fit.

Notes

Section 26ZD: inserted, on 10 April 1990, by section 17 of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
Section 26ZD(7): amended, on 7 July 2010, by section 4 of the Conservation Amendment Act (No 2) 2010 (2010 No 54).
Section 26ZD(7): amended, on 25 November 1994, by section 16 of the Conservation Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 108).