Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2008 (125 of 2008)

Schedule 2   Matters relating to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975

4   At the end of Part III

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18 Decisions without meetings

(1) The Authority is taken to have made a decision at a meeting if:

(a) without meeting, a majority of the members entitled to vote on the proposed decision indicate agreement with the decision; and

(b) that agreement is indicated in accordance with the method determined by the Authority under subsection (2); and

(c) all the members were informed of the proposed decision, or reasonable efforts were made to inform all the members of the proposed decision.

(2) Subsection (1) applies only if the Authority:

(a) has determined that it may make decisions of that kind without a meeting; and

(b) has determined the method by which members are to indicate agreement with proposed decisions.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), a member is not entitled to vote on a proposed decision if the member would not have been entitled to vote on that decision if the matter had been considered at a meeting of the Authority.

(4) The Authority must keep a record of decisions made in accordance with this section.