Nursing Act, 2005 (Act No. 33 of 2005)Chapter 1 : South African Nursing Council13. Quorum and procedure at meetings |
| (1) | A quorum of any meeting of the Council is one half of the total number of members plus one. |
| (2) | At all meetings of the Council each member present must have one vote on a question before the Council. |
| (3) | Any decision taken by the Council must be decided by a majority vote at a meeting of the Council at which a quorum is present and, in the event of an equality of votes on any matter, the member presiding has a casting vote in addition to his or her deliberative vote. |
| (4) | For the purposes of this Act, a majority vote at a meeting of the Council or of any of the committees is one half of the total number of members present plus one. |
| (5) | Only members have voting rights on any matter in which the Council is required to make a decision. |
| (6) | A decision taken by the Council or an act performed under the authority of the Council is not invalid merely by reason of— |
| (a) | an interim vacancy in the Council; or |
| (b) | 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, if the act was authorised by the required majority of members present at the time and entitled to sit as members of the Council. |