Rule 19
Meetings of the Board and the six-month inquiry window
Governs Board meetings and quorum, and requires an inquiry to be completed within six months, extendable in three-month steps.
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What it says
- 01
- Provides for the conduct of Board meetings, a quorum of one-third of the members, and a casting vote for the presiding member.
- 02
- An inquiry on an intimation, complaint or reference under s.27 must be completed within six months, extendable by up to three months at a time for reasons recorded in writing.
In practice
The six-month window is the closest thing the Act gives a business to a horizon on exposure after a breach filing. It is extendable, but each extension has to be recorded, which is a fact worth knowing when an inquiry appears to have gone quiet.
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