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Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act, 1983 (Act No. 43 of 1983)

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Regulations in terms of Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act

Part IV : Conservation Committes

24. Attendance of meetings

 

(1) A conservation committee may grant any of its members leave of absence from any of its meetings or from consecutive meetings for a continuous period not exceeding six months.

 

(2) When a member of a conservation committee is or expects to be prevented from attending a meeting of which he has been notified as contemplated in regulation 20(3), he shall as soon as possible notify the chairman or the secretary of that conservation committee of the circumstances that are preventing him or that he expects to or will prevent him from attending such meeting.

 

(3) The chairman of a conservation committee shall submit the reasons for the absence of a member from a particular meeting to the conservation committee concerned, and the decision regarding leave of absence for the member concerned shall be recorded in the minutes of that meeting.

 

(4) When a conservation committee considers a matter during a meeting that affects a member personally, the member concerned shall withdraw from the meeting while the matter concerned is being considered.

 

(5) The regional director of the region within which the area for which a conservation committee has been established is situated and an officer designated by him may attend any meeting of such conservation committee and participate in the discussions, but shall not be entitled to vote.