Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES ADMINISTRATION ACT 1991 - SECT 25

             (1)  The Commission is taken to have made a decision at a meeting if:

                     (a)  without meeting, a majority of the commissioners entitled to vote on the proposed decision indicate agreement with the decision; and

                     (b)  that agreement is indicated in accordance with the method determined by the Commission under subsection (2); and

                     (c)  all the commissioners were informed of the proposed decision, or reasonable efforts were made to inform all the commissioners of the proposed decision.

             (2)  Subsection (1) applies if the Commission:

                     (a)  has determined that it may make decisions of that kind without a meeting; and

                     (b)  has determined the method by which commissioners are to indicate agreement with proposed decisions.

             (3)  For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), a commissioner is not entitled to vote on a proposed decision if the commissioner would not have been entitled to vote on that proposal if the matter had been considered at a meeting of the Commission.

             (4)  The Commission must keep a record of decisions made in accordance with this section.