Planning Profession Act, 2002 (Act No. 36 of 2002)Chapter 2 : South African Council for Planners10. Decisions of Council |
| (1) | A decision of the majority of the members of the Council present at any meeting constitutes a decision of the Council. |
| (2) | In the event of a deadlock the chairperson has a casting vote in addition to a deliberative vote. |
| (3) | A decision taken by the Council or act performed under authority of the Council is not invalid by reason only of a vacancy on the Council or of the fact that a person who is not entitled to sit as a member of the Council sat as a member at the time when the decision was taken or the act was authorised, if the decision was taken or the act was authorised by the requisite majority of the members of the Council who were present at the time and entitled to sit as members. |
| (4) | The Minister may after consultation with the Council and any person directly affected by a Council decision suspend or revoke that decision on good grounds and if it is in the public interest to do so. |
| (5) | The Minister must, after suspending the decision of the Council and before its revocation, remit such decision to the Council for its reconsideration. |