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Meetings and procedure.
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172.—(1) The Committee shall hold such and so many meetings as may be necessary for the performance of its functions and the achievement of its programme of work and may make such arrangements for the conduct of its meetings and business (including the establishment of subcommittees and the fixing of a quorum for a meeting) as it considers appropriate.
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(2) The Committee may act notwithstanding one or more vacan-cies among its members.
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(3) Subject to the provisions of this Part, the Committee shall regulate its own procedure by rules or otherwise.
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(4) At a meeting of the Committee—
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(a) the chairperson of the Committee shall, if present, be the chairperson of the meeting, or
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(b) if and so long as the chairperson of the Committee is not present, or if that office is vacant, the members of the Committee who are present shall choose one of their number to be chairperson of the meeting.
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(5) A member of the Committee, other than the chairperson, who is unable to attend a meeting of the Committee, may nominate a deputy to attend in his or her place.
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