Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act, 2001

Meetings of Agency.

22.—(1) The Agency shall hold such and so many meetings as may be necessary for the performance of its functions, but shall hold at least one meeting in each quarter of a year.

(2) The Minister, in consultation with the chairperson of the Agency, shall fix the date, time and place of the first meeting of the Agency.

(3) The quorum for a meeting of the Agency shall be 4.

(4) At a meeting of the Agency—

(a) the chairperson of the Agency shall, if present, be the chairperson of the meeting, and

(b) if and so long as the chairperson of the Agency is not present or if the office of the chairperson is vacant, the members of the Agency who are present shall choose one of their number to be chairperson of the meeting.

(5) At a meeting of the Agency, each member of the Agency present, including the chairperson, shall have a vote and any question on which a vote is required in order to establish the Agency's view on the matter 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 chairperson of the meeting shall have a second and casting vote.

(6) The Agency may act notwithstanding one or more vacancies among its members.

(7) Subject to this Act, the Agency shall regulate, by standing orders or otherwise, the procedure and business of the Agency.