New Zealand Legislation: Acts

6 Chairman of Council

• (1) The Council, at its first meeting held after the 1st day of January 1978, and at its first meeting held after the 1st day of January in each year thereafter, shall appoint one of its members to be the Chairman of the Council. Any such member may from time to time be reappointed as Chairman of the Council.

  (2) The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Council at which he is present.

  (3) The Chairman appointed in each year shall hold office until his successor is appointed, or until he sooner ceases to be a member of the Council.

  (4) If the Chairman ceases to be a member of the Council before the expiration of the period for which he has been appointed as Chairman thereof, the Council shall appoint some other member in his stead to be Chairman until the next occasion on which a Chairman is appointed under subsection (1) of this section.

  (5) If at any meeting of the Council the Chairman for the time being is not present or there is no Chairman of the Council, the members present shall appoint one of their number to preside at that meeting. The person so appointed shall have and may exercise all the powers and functions of the Chairman for the purposes of that meeting.

  (6) The Chairman shall have power to act in all matters, including the appointment of committees under section 8 of this Act, on behalf of the Council when the Council is not meeting:

  Provided that, in any matter that by this Act requires a decision of the Council, he shall so act only if he reasonably considers an urgent decision to be necessary, and he shall first consult at least one other member of the Council, and he shall report to the next meeting of the Council the action that he has taken.

  Section 6 was substituted by section 3 Radiation Protection Amendment Act 1977.