New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) The first meeting of the board shall be held at a time and place to be determined by the Minister.
(2) Subsequent meetings of the board shall be held at such times and places as it determines.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), the chairperson may at any time and shall, whenever required in writing to do so by any 3 directors, call a special meeting of the board.
(4) The chief executive officer of the Trust shall give to every director, and to the Director-General of Conservation, not less than 7 days' notice in writing of every meeting of the board and of the business to be transacted at the meeting, but an inadvertent failure to comply with this subsection shall not invalidate the proceedings of the meeting.
(5) The Director-General of Conservation or a senior officer of the Department of Conservation authorised by the Director-General to represent him or her for the purpose may attend any meeting of the board and speak on any question before the meeting, but may not vote on any question before the meeting.
(6) No business may be transacted at a special meeting of the board unless it is specified in the notice required under subsection (4) or all the directors for the time being in New Zealand agree to its transaction at that meeting.
(7) At every meeting of the board, 4 directors shall be a quorum.
(8) The chairperson shall preside at every meeting of the board.
(9) Where for any reason the chairperson is unable to preside at any meeting of the board, the directors present shall elect one of their number to preside at that meeting.
(10) Every question before a meeting of the board shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the directors present at the meeting.
(11) On every question before a meeting, the person presiding shall have a deliberative vote, and in the case of an equality of votes he shall also have a casting vote.
(12) A resolution signed or assented to by letter or telegram by every director for the time being in New Zealand shall have the same effect as a resolution duly passed at a meeting of the board.
(13) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the board may regulate its own procedure as it thinks fit.
Section 9(3): amended, on 12 June 1991, by section 6(1) of the Queen Elizabeth the Second National Trust Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 37).
Section 9(4): amended, on 22 October 2003, by section 3 of the Queen Elizabeth the Second National Trust Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 96).
Section 9(4): amended, on 12 June 1991, by section 6(2) of the Queen Elizabeth the Second National Trust Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 37).
Section 9(5): substituted, on 12 June 1991, by section 6(3) of the Queen Elizabeth the Second National Trust Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 37).
Section 9(7): amended, on 12 June 1991, by section 6(4) of the Queen Elizabeth the Second National Trust Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 37).
Section 9(8): amended, on 12 June 1991, by section 6(5) of the Queen Elizabeth the Second National Trust Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 37).
Section 9(9): substituted, on 12 June 1991, by section 6(6) of the Queen Elizabeth the Second National Trust Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 37).
