Civil Aviation Act, 2009
R 385
Human Sciences Research Council Act, 2008 (Act No. 17 of 2008)7. Meetings of Board |
| 1) | The Board must meet at least four times a year at such times and places as the Board may determine. |
| 2) | The Board may determine the procedure for its meetings. |
| 3) | The chairperson- |
| a) | may convene a special meeting of the Board; |
| b) | must convene a special meeting within 14 days of the receipt of a written request signed by at least one third of the members of the Board to convene such a meeting. |
| 4) | The chairperson or, in the chairperson's absence, a member of the Board elected by the members present, must preside at a meeting of the Board. |
| 5) | The quorum for a meeting of the Board is the majority of its members. |
| 6) | A decision of the Board must be taken by resolution of the majority of the members present at any meeting of the Board, and in the event of an equality of votes on any matter the person presiding at the meeting has a casting vote in addition to his or her deliberative vote. |
| 7) | A member of the Board may not vote or in any manner be present during or participate in the proceedings at any meeting of the Board if, in relation to any matter before the Board, he or she may have any interest which precludes him or her from performing his or her functions as a member of the Board in a fair, unbiased and proper manner. |
| (8) | A decision taken by the Board or an act performed under the authority of the Board is not invalid if— |
| (a) | there is a vacancy on the Board; or |
| (b) | a person who is not a member of the Board was present at the meeting when the decision was taken or the act was authorised, |
if the decision was taken or the act was authorised by the requisite majority of members of the Board who were present at the time and entitled to sit as members.
[Section 7(8) inserted by section 23 of the Science and Technology Laws Amendment Act, 2020 (Act No. 9 of 2020), GG43829, dated 22 October 2020]
