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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 8 Hansard (27 June) . . Page.. 2280 ..

MR WOOD (continuing):

(7) If an official of the relevant union is not present at the meeting within 15 minutes of the time appointed for the start of the meeting, the financial union members present may proceed to elect the chairperson of the meeting from among their own number.

(8) The quorum for the meeting is 30% of the number of financial union members or the nearest whole number and if a question arises about the number of financial union members the decision of the chairperson is final.

(9) Only financial union members present at the meeting may vote.

(10) Union officials or financial union members present at the meeting may take steps to verify that staff members present are financial members of the relevant union.

(11) If any question arises at the meeting about the status of a staff member as a financial member of the relevant union for the purpose of subclause (9) or (10), the chairperson of the meeting shall decide the matter.

(12) Subject to this clause, the chairperson shall determine the procedure of the meeting.

(13) Except where provision is made to the contrary in this clause, questions arising at the meeting shall be decided by a majority vote of the financial union members present.

(14) Except with the leave of all the financial union members present, the meeting shall consider no business other than the question that the office of the staff director be declared vacant.

(15) If the staff director is not present at the meeting, the chairperson, before putting to the meeting the question that the office of the staff director be declared vacant, shall provide a report to the meeting or seek a report from another person present at the meeting about the steps that have been taken to inform the staff director of the purpose of the meeting and of the date, time and place of the meeting.

(16) After the report has been given, the meeting shall debate the question that the meeting may proceed, in the absence of the staff director, to declare vacant the office of the staff director.

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