Vocational Education Act, 1930

Triennial meetings of vocational education committees.

14.—(1) Every vocational education committee shall in every election year hold a meeting (in this Act referred to as a triennial meeting) on the day appointed under this section in respect of such year for the holding of such meeting by such committee.

(2) Every vocational education committee shall on or before the 31st day of May in every election year appoint a day (not being earlier than three days nor later than ten days after the completion of the elections in such year of the members of such committee) for the holding of the triennial meeting in such year by such committee.

(3) Where in any election year no day has been appointed under the foregoing sub-section for the holding of a triennial meeting of a vocational education committee in that year, the day for the holding of such meeting in such year shall be the seventh day after the completion of the elections in such year of the members of such committee.

(4) Where a triennial meeting of a vocational education committee is for any reason (including a quorum not being present) not held on the day appointed under this section for the holding of such meeting the chief executive officer of such committee shall as soon as may be summon a meeting of such committee for a convenient hour on the day which appears to him to be the earliest convenient date for the purpose and the meeting held in pursuance of such summons shall be for all purposes a triennial meeting held on a date appointed under this section.

(5) Where the members of a vocational education committee are required by this Act to be elected by two or more local authorities and in any election year such local authorities do not all hold such elections on the same day, the date of the completion of the election of such members shall for the purposes of this section be the last day on which any of such elections is held.