Scholarship Exchange (Ireland and the United States of America) Act, 1957

Meetings and procedure of the Board.

10.—(1) The Board shall hold at least one meeting in each quarter of the year and shall also hold such other meetings as may be necessary for the due performance of their functions.

(2) The quorum for a meeting of the Board shall be such as shall be fixed by rules under this section and, until such rules are made, shall be three.

(3) The chairman of the Board shall act as chairman of every meeting of the Board at which he is present.

(4) During the absence of the chairman of the Board from any meeting of the Board or if when any meeting of the Board is held there is no chairman of the Board, the members of the Board present shall elect one of themselves to be chairman of the meeting for the time being and, where at such election there is an equality of votes for two or more persons, it shall be determined by lot which of them shall be chairman of the meeting for the time being.

(5) Every question at a meeting of the Board shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting on the question, but, in the case of an equal division of votes, the chairman of the meeting shall, if the rules under this section so provide, have a second or casting vote.

(6) The Board may act notwithstanding one or more vacancies in their membership.

(7) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board shall regulate the procedure and business of the Board by rules made by the Board with the approval of the Minister.

(8) The Minister may fix the date, time and place of the first meeting of the Board.