Tourism Act, 1993 (Act No. 72 of 1993)

8. Meetings and decisions of board

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1)The first meeting of the board shall be held at a time and place determined by the chairperson, and thereupon the board shall meet at such times and places as may be determined by the board from time to time, but the board shall meet at least twice in a year.

 

2)The chairperson may at any time, either of his or her own volition or at the written request of not fewer than five members of the board, convene an extraordinary meeting of the board, which shall be held at the time and place determined by the chairperson.

 

3)A notice whereby an extraordinary meeting of the board is convened shall state the purpose of that meeting.

 

4)The quorum for a meeting of the board shall be a majority of all its members.

 

5)If both the chairperson and the vice-chairperson are absent from a meeting of the board, the members present shall elect one of their number to preside at that meeting.

 

6)The person who presides at a meeting of the board shall determine the procedure to be followed at that meeting.

 

7)The decision of a majority of the members present at a meeting of the board shall constitute a decision of the board, and in the event of an equality of votes on any matter, the person presiding at the meeting shall in addition to his deliberative vote have a casting vote.

 

8)No decision taken by or act performed on the authority of the board shall he invalid merely because of a casual vacancy on the board or because any person who was not entitled to sit as a member of the board, sat as such a member at the time when the decision was taken or the act was authorized, provided the decision was taken or the act was authorized by a majority of the members of the board who were then present and were entitled to sit as members.