Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Governance
31. Decision-making without meeting
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a public body resolves that this section applies to any particular matter or all its matters;
all of the members of the public body for the time being are sent (whether by post, delivery or electronic communication) a document setting out a resolution about the matter or matters; and
a majority of those members who are entitled to vote on the matter sign or approve in writing a document containing a statement that they are in favour of a resolution in the terms set out in the document,a resolution in those terms is taken to be passed at a meeting of the public body as if it were held on the day that the last member required for the majority signs or approves the document.
The resolution may consist of several documents each containing the same wording of the resolution and statement in favour, and each signed in writing by one or more members of a public body.
public body
“public body” means a body corporate established by a public Act for the purposes of a public function but excludes a Town Council established under section 4 of the Town Councils Act 1988;
For the purpose of the approval of a resolution under this section, the chairperson and each member of the public body have the same voting rights as they have as prescribed in or under its constitutional Act at a meeting of the public body.
chairperson
“chairperson”, in relation to a public body, means the individual who is appointed under the constitutional Act of the public body as the chairperson of the public body, and includes any individual appointed under that Act to act in that capacity;
A resolution approved under this section must be recorded in the minutes of the meetings of the public body after the resolution is approved.