Tourism Act, 2014 (Act No. 3 of 2014)Chapter 3 : South African Tourism Board18. Board meetings |
| (1) | The Board must hold at least four ordinary meetings every year. |
| (2) | The chairperson of the Board— |
| (a) | may convene a special meeting of the Board; and |
| (b) | must convene a special meeting within 14 days of receiving a written request to do so, signed by a majority of the members. |
| (3) | The request contemplated in subsection (2)(b) must clearly state the reason for the request, and only that matter may be discussed at the special meeting. |
| (4) | The Minister may at any time request a meeting with the Board, should the need arise. |
| (5) | If the chairperson and deputy chairperson are not present at any meeting of the Board the members present must appoint another member to preside at the meeting. |
| (6) | The quorum for any meeting of the Board is a majority of the voting members of the Board in office at the time. |
| (7) |
| (a) | A decision of the majority of the voting members of the Board at any quorate meeting constitutes a decision of the Board. |
| (b) | In the event of an equality of votes the chairperson has a casting vote in addition to his or her deliberative vote. |
| (8) | A member of the Board who has any personal or financial interest in any matter before the Board must disclose that interest and withdraw from the proceedings of the Board when that matter is considered. |
| (9) | No decision taken by or act performed on the authority of the Board shall be 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 a member at the time when the decision was taken or the act was authorised, provided the decision was taken or the act was authorised by a majority of the members of the Board who were then present and were entitled to sit as members. |