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Meetings and procedure.
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15.—(1) The Council shall hold such and so many meetings as may be necessary to perform its functions.
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(2) The Minister may fix the date, time and place of the Council's first meeting.
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(3) The quorum for a meeting of the Council shall be four.
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(4) At a meeting of the Council—
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(a) the chairperson of the Council shall, if present, be the chairperson of the meeting, and
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(b) if and so long as the chairperson of the Council is not present or if the office of chairperson is vacant, the members of the Council who are present shall choose one of their number to be chairperson of the meeting.
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(5) At a meeting of the Council, every member of the Council present, including the chairperson, shall have a vote.
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(6) At a meeting of the Council, every question shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting on the question.
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(7) In the case of an equal division of votes, the chairperson of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.
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(8) The Council may act notwithstanding one or more vacancies among its members, provided there is a quorum.
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(9) Subject to this Act, the Council may regulate its own procedures and business.
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