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Procedure at meetings of committees.
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18.—(1) The quorum for a meeting of a vocational education committee shall be one-fourth of the whole number of the members of such committee.
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(2) At a meeting of a vocational education committee—
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(a) the chairman of such committee shall, if he is present, be the chairman of the meeting;
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(b) if the chairman of such committee is not present or if the office of chairman is vacant, the vice-chairman (if any) of such committee shall, if he is present, be the chairman of the meeting;
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(c) if the chairman of such committee is not present or the office of chairman is vacant and there is no vice-chairman of such committee or the vice-chairman is not present, the members of the committee who are present shall (subject to the provisions of this Act in relation to the first meeting and to triennial meetings) choose one of their number to be the chairman of the meeting.
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(3) Every question at a meeting of a vocational education committee shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting on the question, and in the case of an equal division of votes the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote save where the question is the election of the chairman of the committee.
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(4) A vocational education committee may act notwithstanding one or more vacancies amongst its members.
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(5) An inspector shall be entitled to be present at any meeting of a vocational education committee or of a sub-committee of any such committee and to address such meeting, but shall not be entitled to vote on any matter to be decided at such meeting.
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(6) 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 vocational education committees.
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(7) Subject to the provisions of this Act and of regulations made thereunder, every vocational education committee shall regulate, by standing orders or otherwise, the procedure to be observed and the business to be transacted at its meetings.
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