Employment Equity Act, 1998
R 385
Air Services Licensing Act, 1990 (Act No. 115 of 1990)8. Meetings of council |
| (1) | The council shall hold meetings at such times and places as may from time to time be determined by the chairperson. |
[Section 8(1) substituted by section 5(f) of Act No. 21 of 2008]
(2)
| (a) | The chairperson or, in his or her absence, the vice-chairperson shall preside at every meeting of the council if he or she is present. |
| (b) | If both the chairperson and the vice-chairperson are absent from a meeting of the council, the members present shall from among their number elect a person to preside at that meeting. |
[Section 8(2) substituted by section 5(a) and (f) of Act No. 21 of 2008]
| (3) | Three members of the council shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of the council. |
| (4) | If a member of the council in his or her personal capacity, or his or her spouse or child, has any direct or indirect financial interest in any matter to be dealt with at any meeting of the council, such member shall not— |
| (a) | attend that meeting as a member during the consideration of such matter; |
| (b) | in any manner take part as member in the consideration of such matter by the council; or |
| (c) | in any manner endeavour to influence the opinion or vote of any other member of the council in connection with such matter. |
[Section 8(4) substituted by section 5(a) of Act No. 21 of 2008]
| (5) | The decision of the majority of the members of the council present at a meeting thereof shall constitute the decision of the council, and in the event of an equality of votes the member presiding at the meeting concerned shall have a casting vote in addition to his or her deliberative vote. |
[Section 8(5) substituted by section 5(a) of Act No. 21 of 2008]
| (6) | No decision taken by the council or act performed under authority of the council shall be invalid merely by reason of an interim vacancy on the council, or because a person who was not entitled to sit as a member or attend such meeting, sat as such member or attended such meeting at the time when the decision was taken or the act was authorized, if the decision was taken or the act was authorized by the requisite majority of the members who were present at the time and who were entitled to sit as members of the council or attend the meeting. |
| (7) | The procedures to be followed at meetings of the council shall be determined by the chairperson. |
[Section 8(7) substituted by section 5(f) of Act No. 21 of 2008]
| (8) | The council shall cause minutes to be kept of every meeting thereof. |
| (9) | The member of the council presiding at a meeting referred to in section 16(3), shall keep record of the proceedings at such meeting or cause it to be kept. |
| (10) | The minutes and records referred to in subsections (8) and (9), shall be kept at the offices of the council. |
| (11) | Copies of the record referred to in subsection (9), or of any part thereof, may be obtained against payment of the prescribed fee. |
[Section 8(11) amended by the deletion of the proviso by section 2 of Act No. 83 of 1995]
