Nurses Act, 1950

Meetings and procedure of the Committee.

34.—(1) The Committee shall hold at least one meeting in each quarter of the year and shall also hold such other meetings as may be necessary for the due performance of their functions.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section the quorum of a meeting of the Committee shall be three.

(3) For any particular class of business or for any particular purpose, the Committee may fix the quorum of a meeting at a greater number than three.

(4) The chairman of the Committee shall act as chairman of every meeting of the Committee at which he is present.

(5) During the absence of the chairman of the Committee from any meeting of the Committee or if when any meeting of the Committee is held there is no chairman of the Committee in office, the members of the Committee present shall elect one of themselves to be chairman of the meeting for the time being and, where at such election there is an equality of votes for two or more persons, it shall be determined by lot which of those persons shall be chairman of the meeting for the time being.

(6) Every question at a meeting of the Committee shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting on the question and, in case of an equal division of votes, the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.

(7) The Committee may act notwithstanding one or more vacancies among their members.

(8) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board shall regulate, by rules, the procedure of the Committee.