Part II Australian Human Rights Commission
Division 5 Administrative provisions
Section 44A
(4) The President shall preside at all meetings of the Commission at
which the President is present.
(5) If the President is not present at a meeting of the Commission, the
members present are to elect one of their number to preside at the
meeting.
(6) Questions arising at a meeting of the Commission shall be
determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and
voting.
(7) The person presiding at a meeting of the Commission has a
deliberative vote, and, in the event of an equality of votes, also has
a casting vote.
(8) The Commission may regulate the conduct of proceedings at its
meetings as it thinks fit and shall cause minutes of those
proceedings to be kept.
44A Money payable to the Commission
(1) There is payable to the Commission such money as is appropriated
by the Parliament for the purposes of the Commission.
(2) The Finance Minister may give directions about the amounts in
which, and the times at which, money payable under subsection (1)
is to be paid to the Commission.
(3) If a direction under subsection (2) is given in writing, the direction
is not a legislative instrument.
(4) In this section:
Finance Minister means the Minister administering the Public
Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
44B Application of money by the Commission
(1) The money of the Commission is to be applied only:
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Compilation No. 48
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986
Compilation date: 20/12/18
Authorised Version C2019C00030 registered 14/01/2019
Registered: 14/1/19