Social Service Professions Act, 1978 (Act No. 110 of 1978)RegulationsRegulations Relating to the Establishment of the Professional Board for Community Development Practice, 202425. Procedure of meetings of professional board |
| (1) | The chairperson, or in his or her absence, the vice-chairperson, shall preside at all meetings of the professional board, except at the meeting contemplated in regulation 23 (1). |
| (2) | In the absence of the chairperson the deputy chairperson presides over the meeting of the professional board. |
| (3) | If both the chairperson and the vice-chairperson are absent from a meeting of the professional board, the members present at the said meeting shall elect, amongst themselves, a member to preside at such meeting as acting chairperson. |
| (4) | A person presiding at such meeting of the professional board shall take the chair at the scheduled hour, and if at the expiration of a quarter of an hour there is no quorum, he or she may postpone the meeting to a day and hour to be fixed by him or her. |
| (5) | A quorum of a meeting and decisions of the professional board shall be constituted by a simple majority of the members of the professional board. |
| (6) | No resolution of the professional board or act performed under authority of the council or professional board shall be invalid by reason only of an interim vacancy on the professional board or by reason of the fact that a person who is not entitled to sit as a member of the professional board 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 professional board who were present at the time and entitled to sit as members. |
| (7) | No matter which is not included in the notice issued in terms of sub-regulation (8), regulation 24(2)(a) or regulation 24(3), as the case may be, shall be considered at any meeting of the professional board, unless the majority of the members present at such meeting consent thereto or the Minister so directs. |
| (8) | Any member wishing to bring any matter before the professional board shall forward in writing to the registrar, at least one month before the date appointed for a meeting, a notice of motion thereof, which motion shall be published in the notice convening the meeting and shall be considered with the other business to be brought before the professional board. |
| (9) | On the motion of a member which has been duly seconded and agreed to, the professional board may adjourn a meeting to any day or hour, on condition that no other business shall be transacted or considered at an adjourned meeting, except matters which are brought forward in terms of sub-regulation 7. |
| (10) | Every member, at a meeting of the professional board, shall have one vote and in the event of an equality of votes in regard to any matter, the member so presiding shall have a casting vote. |
| (11) | The votes of the members present at a meeting of the professional board shall be cast in the manner determined by the person presiding at such meeting. |
| (12) | If a member who is present at a meeting of the professional board does not agree with a resolution of the professional board passed at such meeting, he or she may request to abstain from voting, with or without furnishing the reasons therefor, and the member presiding at such meeting shall comply with such request or ensure that it is complied with. |
| (13) | Except insofar as these Regulations provide otherwise, the person presiding at a meeting of the professional board shall decide any question of order or procedure at any meeting of the professional board. |
| (14) | If any member objects to such decision, the question shall be put to the vote without further discussion, and the decision of the meeting shall be final. |