S.L. 373.2 Art. 7Meetings of the Committee.

(1) The Committee shall meet within one month from its constitution and at such regular intervals thereafter as may be necessary, but shall as a minimum meet once every two months.

(2) The Committee shall not act unless a quorum consisting of the Chairperson or the Deputy Chairperson together with not less than half of the Committee members are present.

(3) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-regulation (2), the Committee may act notwithstanding any vacancy amongst its members.

(4) The meetings of the Committee shall be chaired by the Chairperson, or, in the absence of the Chairperson, by the Deputy Chairperson.

(5) The decisions of the Committee shall be adopted by a simple majority of the votes of the members present and voting, and, in the event of an equality of votes, the member presiding at the meeting shall have and exercise a second or casting vote.

(6) The Committee shall have the power to invite observers to its meetings:

Provided that such observers shall have the faculty of participating and intervening during such meetings, but shall have no voting rights.