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National Small Business Act, 1996 (Act No. 102 of 1996)

Chapter 3: Small Enterprise Development Agency

13D. Meetings of Board

 

1) The Board must hold at least six meetings per year.

 

2) The Chairperson-
a) may convene a special meeting of the Board; and
b) must convene such a meeting within 14 days of receipt of a written request signed by at least one third of the members of the Board.

 

3) The Minister may request a meeting with the Board at any time should a need arise.

 

4) The Chairperson presides at all meetings at which he or she is present.

 

5) Where the Chairperson is not present at a meeting the Deputy Chairperson presides or, if the Deputy Chairperson is not present, the members present must appoint from amongst themselves a member to preside at the meeting.

 

6) At a meeting, two thirds of the members constitute a quorum.

 

7) A decision of the majority of the members present at any meeting constitutes a decision of the Board and in the event of an equality of votes, the Chairperson must have a casting vote in addition to his or her deliberative vote.

 

8) A decision taken by the Board or an act performed under that decision is not invalid merely by reason of-
a) any irregularity in the appointment of a member;
b) a vacancy on the Board; or
c) the fact that any person, not entitled to sit as a member, sat at a meeting at the time when the decision was taken:

Provided that such decision was taken by a majority of the Board members present at the time and entitled to sit, and those members at the time constituted a quorum.