Apprenticeship Act, 1931

Procedure at meetings of apprenticeship committees.

6.—(1) The quorum for a meeting of an apprenticeship committee shall be one-third of the whole number of (as the case may be) the representative members or the ex-officio members of such committee and, if such committee includes any appointed members, one appointed member of such committee.

(2) At a meeting of an apprenticeship committee—

(a) the chairman of such committee shall, if he is present, be chairman of the meeting;

(b) if the chairman of such committee is not present, or the office of chairman is vacant, the members of the committee who are present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

(3) The proceedings of an apprenticeship committee shall not be invalidated by any vacancy in the membership of such committee or by any defect in the appointment, election or nomination of any member thereof.

(4) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Minister may by regulations made by him under this Act prescribe the procedure to be observed at meetings of apprenticeship committees.