(1) The Board shall
hold its meetings at such place on such days and at such intervals as the
Board shall from time to time determine.
(2) At any meeting of
the Board —
(a) a
majority of the members constitute a quorum;
(b) the
chairman, or in his absence the deputy chairman, shall preside but where both
are absent from the meeting the members may appoint one of their number to
preside at that meeting;
(c) each
member present is entitled to a deliberative vote; and
(d)
where the votes cast on any question are equally divided the chairman, or, in
his absence the deputy chairman or the presiding member in terms of paragraph
(b), shall have a casting vote.
(2a) Where, by reason
of section 11(2) or (3), a member is not present at a meeting of the Board
during consideration of a matter, but there would be a quorum if the member
were present, the remaining members present constitute a quorum for the
purpose of any deliberation or decision at that meeting in relation to that
matter.
(3) The Board shall
cause accurate minutes to be kept of the proceedings at its meetings.
(4) To the extent that
it is not prescribed, the Board may determine its own procedure.
(5) The Board may from
time to time appoint committees of such members or such members and other
persons, as it thinks fit and may discharge, alter, continue or reconstitute
any committee so appointed.
(6) Subject to the
directions of the Board, each committee appointed under subsection (5) may
determine its own procedures.
[Section 8 amended: No. 68 of 1994 s. 8.]