This Act should be read in together with the Māori Language Amendment Act 1991

Māori Language Act 1987 176
Commenced: 1 Aug 1987

SECOND SCHEDULE: Provisions Relating to Te Komihana Mo Te Reo Māori

Meetings of Commission

2. Meetings of Commission---(1) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this clause, the Chairman shall convene such meetings of the Commission as the Chairman thinks necessary for the efficient performance of the functions of the Commission.

(2) Meetings of the Commission shall be held at such places as the Commission or the Chairman from time to time appoints.

(3) The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Commission at which the Chairman is present.

(4) In the absence of the Chairman from any meeting, the members present shall appoint 1 of their number to be the Chairman for the purposes of that meeting.

(5) At any meeting of the Commission, the quorum necessary for the transaction of business shall be 3 members.

(6) All questions arising at any meeting of the Commission shall be decided by a majority of votes of the members present and voting.

(7) The presiding member shall have a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, shall also have a casting vote.

(8) The Commission may meet in private or in public, as the Commission from time to time decides.

(9) The Commission shall cause such notice as it thinks fit to be given of any public meeting of the Commission to persons likely to be interested in the subject-matter of the meeting.

(10) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Commission may regulate its procedure in such manner as it thinks fit.

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