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Prevention of and Treatment for Substance Abuse Act, 2008 (Act No. 70 of 2008)

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Regulations for Prevention of and Treatment for Substance Abuse, 2013

Chapter 4 : Treatment

Part II : Treatment centres and halfway houses : Management and staff

42. Procedure at meetings of management structure of treatment centre or halfway house

 

 

(1) A quorum a meeting of the management structure shall be constituted by a simple majority of its total members.

 

(2) The decision of the majority of the members of a management structure present at any meeting thereof constitutes a decision of the management structure.

 

(3) The chairperson of the management structure must ensure that—
(a) an attendance register of all members present in a meeting is kept; and
(b) minutes of the meeting are properly recorded and filed.

 

(4) The chairperson does not have a deliberative vote, but have only a casting vote in the case where votes are tied.

 

(5) In the absence of the chairperson the members of the management structure present at that meeting must elect amongst themselves a chairperson for that meeting.

 

(6) The proceedings of, or resolutions passed in a meeting of, a management structure are not invalid merely because—
(a) the chairperson omitted to send a notice to a member of the management structure; or
(b) a member did not receive a notice of the meeting.