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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

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294: Meetings of Management Committee

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"How the Management Committee Holds Meetings"

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You attend meetings of the Management Committee when they decide. The committee chooses the time and place for meetings. They can have meetings at different times and places. You need a majority of members to be at a meeting for it to happen. This is called a quorum. It means most of the members must be there. At meetings, the chairperson is in charge if they are there. If not, the members choose one of them to be in charge for that meeting. The person in charge has the same powers as the chairperson for that meeting. When the committee makes a decision, it is based on the majority of votes. The person in charge gets to vote and can also have a special vote if there is a tie. The committee can decide how it wants to run its meetings. It must follow the Act and any rules made under the Act.

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Part 9Lawyers and Conveyancers Special Fund

294Meetings of Management Committee

  1. Meetings of the Management Committee are to be held at such times and places as the Management Committee or its chairperson appoints.

  2. At every meeting of the Management Committee, the quorum necessary for the transaction of business is a majority of the total membership.

  3. At all meetings of the Management Committee, the presiding member must be the chairperson if he or she is present. If he or she is not present, the members present must elect one of their number to preside at that meeting, and the member presiding has all the powers of the chairperson for the purpose of that meeting.

  4. Every question before the Management Committee must be determined by a majority of the votes cast by the members present at the meeting.

  5. The presiding member has a deliberative vote and, in the case of an equality of votes, also has a casting vote.

  6. Subject to this Act and to any regulations made under this Act, the Management Committee may regulate its procedure in such manner as it thinks fit.