Local Government Act 1976 · Updated to 1 Dec 2012 · Part IV · Conduct of Business
24. Quorum
Feedback & supportThe quorum necessary for the transaction of business at a special meeting of the local authority shall be one-half of the full number of its Councillors excluding any vacant seat and where the number of Councillors shall not be divisible by two then one-half of the next lower number.
The quorum necessary for the transaction of business at an ordinary meeting of the local authority shall be one-third of the full number of its Councillors excluding any vacant seat and where the number of Councillors shall not be divisible by three then one-third of the next lower number divisible by three.
If at any special or ordinary meeting of the local authority a quorum is not present, the meeting shall stand adjourned to such other day as the Mayor or President fixes, and the business which would have been brought before the original meeting, if there had been a quorum present, shall be brought before and transacted at the adjourned meeting whether there is a quorum thereat or not.
Mayor
“Mayor” means the person for the time being lawfully performing the duties of the office of Mayor of a City Council and includes the Deputy Mayor;
Chairman of meetings
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