South Australian Consolidated Acts

HERITAGE PLACES ACT 1993 - SECT 7

7—Proceedings of Council

        (1)         The member designated by the Governor to chair meetings of the Council will preside at a meeting of the Council or, in the absence of that member, the appropriate member designated by the members of the Council will preside or, in the absence of both of them, a member chosen by those present will preside.

        (2)         The prescribed number of members of the Council constitutes a quorum of the Council.

        (3)         A decision carried by a majority of the votes of the members present at a meeting of the Council is a decision of the Council.

        (4)         Each member present at a meeting of the Council is entitled to one vote on any matter arising for decision at that meeting and, if the votes are equal, the person chairing the meeting is entitled to a second or casting vote.

        (5)         Meetings of the Council must, subject to subsection (6), be held in a place that is open to the public.

        (6)         The Council may order that the public be excluded from a meeting in order to enable the Council to consider in confidence any matter that it considers to be confidential or if it considers that exclusion necessary to protect a place that is or may be of heritage significance.

        (7)         The minutes of meetings of the Council must be available for public inspection without charge.

        (8)         In this section, the prescribed number of members of the Council is a number ascertained by dividing the total number of members of the Council for the time being in office by 2, ignoring any fraction resulting from the division, and adding 1.