Consumer Protection Act 2007

Meetings and procedures of Agency.

12.— (1) The Agency shall hold such and as many meetings as may be necessary for the performance of its functions.

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

(3) The quorum for a meeting of the Agency shall be 5.

(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 chairperson is vacant, the members of the Agency who are present shall choose one of their number to be the chairperson of the meeting.

(5) Each member of the Agency (including the chairperson of the meeting concerned) present at a meeting shall have a vote.

(6) At a meeting of the Agency, a question on which a vote is required shall be determined by a majority of votes of the members of the Agency 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 or casting vote.

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