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Meetings and procedure of Board.
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11.—(1) The Board shall hold such and so many meetings as may be necessary for the performance of its functions.
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(2) The chairman and each ordinary member at a meeting of the Board shall have a vote.
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(3) At a meeting of the Board—
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(a) the chairman shall, if present, be chairman of the meeting,
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(b) if and for so long as the chairman is not present, or if the office of chairman is vacant, the deputy chairman shall, if present, be chairman of the meeting,
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(c) if and for so long as neither the chairman nor the deputy chairman is present, or if the chairman is not present or if the office of chairman is vacant, and in either case, the office of deputy chairman is vacant, the ordinary members who are present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.
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(4) Every question at a meeting of the Board shall be determined by a majority of votes of the members present and, in the event that voting is equally divided, the person who is chairman of the meeting shall have a casting vote.
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(5) (a) Subject to the Local Government (Planning and Development) Acts, 1963 to 1983, and to any regulations made thereunder, and subject also to any other enactment or order, regulation or other instrument thereunder, which regulates or otherwise affects the procedure of the Board, the Board shall regulate its own procedure and business.
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(b) The Minister may require the Board to keep him informed of the arrangements made under this subsection for the regulation of its procedure and business.
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(6) (a) Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection, the Board may perform or exercise any of its functions through or by any member of the Board or other person who, in either case, has been duly authorised by the Board in that behalf.
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(b) Paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be construed as enabling a member of the Board finally to determine a particular case if, and only if, the case to which an authorisation under that paragraph relates has been considered at a meeting of the Board prior to the giving of the authorisation.
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(c) Paragraph (a) of this subsection shall not be construed as enabling the Board to authorise a person who is not a member of the Board finally to determine any particular case with which the Board is concerned.
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