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National Gambling Act, 2004 (Act No. 7 of 2004)

Chapter 4 : National Structures

Part B : National Gambling Board

70. Meetings of board

 

1) The chairperson may determine the date, time and place for the first meeting of the board, and the chairperson in consultation with the board may determine the date, time and place for each subsequent meeting.

 

2) The chairperson in consultation with the board may determine procedure at meetings of the board, after due consideration of the principles of openness and transparency.

 

3) A majority of the members of the board is a quorum for a meeting of the board.

 

4) The board must attempt to reach its decisions by consensus.

 

5) If the board is unable to reach a consensual decision in any matter before it, the board may resolve the matter by simple majority vote on a motion.

 

6) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), the board may establish rules for its own proceedings.

 

7) A decision taken at a meeting of the board, or an act performed under the authority of such a decision, is valid despite
a) a vacancy on the board at the time the decision was taken; or
b) the fact that a person who was not a member sat as a member at the time when the decision was taken.