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Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014)

Chapter 2 : South African Legal Practice Council

Part 2 : Operation of Council

20. Executive committee of Council

 

(1) The Council must establish an executive committee and determine its powers and functions in the rules.

 

(2) The executive committee consists of—
(a) the chairperson and deputy chairperson of the Council; and
(b) five other members appointed by the Council.

 

(3) The need for the executive committee to reflect—
(a) the racial and gender composition of South Africa; and
(b) representation of attorneys and advocates, as well as provincial representation,

must, as far as is practicable, be considered when the executive committee is established in terms of subsection (1).

 

(4) The executive committee is responsible for the day to day functioning and administration of the Council in between meetings of the Council.

 

(5) The Council may direct the executive committee to perform such tasks as executive committee considers appropriate.

 

(6) A member of the executive committee holds office for so long as he or she is a member of the Council, unless he or she is removed as a member of the executive committee by the Council, or until his or her membership of the Council terminates in terms of this Act.

 

(7)
(a) The chairperson of the Council is ex offıcio chairperson of the executive committee.
(b) The deputy chairperson of the Council is ex offıcio deputy chairperson of the executive committee.

 

(8) The executive committee may meet as often as it deems necessary and dispose of its business in the manner it considers appropriate.

 

(9)
(a) The majority of the members of the executive committee constitutes a quorum at any of its meetings.
(b) The executive committee must determine a procedure in the rules for convening meetings and the procedure for the conduct of meetings.
(c) The executive committee must keep a record of its proceedings.
(d) A decision of the majority of the members present at a meeting constitutes the decision of the executive committee.
(e) In the event of a deadlock in the voting the chairperson has a casting vote in addition to a deliberative vote.