Section 15 of the Constitution of Urabba Parks

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Section 15 of the Constitution of Urabba Parks sets out the quorum for meetings of its members and directors, effectively entrenching the parliamentary system of governance by requiring the presence of all members or directors unless the body is constituted under the law of Urabba Parks.

Compiled text (Section 15 - Meetings of the members and directors of Urabba Parks)

Quorum for meetings of members

(1)    The quorum for a meeting of the members of Urabba Parks is each member eligible to vote in internal proceedings and each member must be present at all times during the meeting.

(2)    Subsection (1) does not apply to a meeting of which the only business that may be conducted:

(a)    falls in subsection 13(2); or

(b)    is to be put by the directors to the enacting component of the legislature under subsection 13(3).

Quorum for meetings of directors

(3)    The quorum for a meeting of the directors is each director and each director must be present at all times during the meeting.

(4)    Nothing in subsection (3) applies to a proceeding of:

(a)    a parliamentary body;

(b)    a body constituted by directors who are members of the body responsible for providing advice in regards the administration of the Government;

(c)    a judicial body; or

(d)    a body formed under the law of Urabba Parks.

Enactment information

Status

Proposed

Commencement

Law not made

Endnotes

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Legislation history

Statute or Instrument	Number and year	Assent	Commencement	Application, saving and transitional provisions
Constitution Adoption 2021	No. 1, 2021	11 Jan 2021	1 Feb 2021 (gaz 2021,p. 1)

Amendment history

Provision affected	How affected

Relevant notes from the explanatory memorandum

97. Subsections (1) and (3) provides for the quorum of meetings of the members and directors of Urabba Parks, and provides that each member (or, in the case of a meeting of directors, each director) must be present for the meeting to proceed.  However, subsections (2) and (4) provide for exemptions similar to those outlined in note

96.  This section is important for the implementation of the jurisdictional system of government as it provides the Enactor constitutes quorum for a meeting of members, which is necessary for the Parliament to properly function in its proposed form.