Children's Health Act 2018

Meetings of Board

16. (1) The Board shall hold such and so many meetings as are necessary for the performance of its functions and shall hold no less than 6 meetings in each period of 12 months.

(2) The chairperson may at any reasonable time call a meeting of the Board.

(3) Where—

(a) 6 ordinary members of the Board have presented the chairperson of the Board with a requisition to call a meeting of the Board signed by at least 6 ordinary members, and

(b) the chairperson refuses to call a meeting or does not call a meeting within 7 days of being presented with such a requisition,

6 ordinary members of the Board may call a meeting of the Board.

(4) At a meeting called under subsection (3), or where the chairperson has called a meeting and cannot attend, or where the office of chairperson is vacant, the members present shall choose one of those present to chair the meeting.

(5) The quorum for a meeting of the Board shall be 6 members.

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

(7) The chairperson shall chair all meetings of the Board at which he or she is present, with the exception of a meeting called in accordance with subsection (3).

(8) Every question at a meeting shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting on the question.

(9) Where there is an equal division of votes, the chairperson shall have a second or casting vote at a meeting at which he or she is present except where any such meeting has been called in accordance with subsection (3), in which case the member chosen in accordance with subsection (4) to chair that meeting shall have a second or casting vote.

(10) The Board shall regulate, by standing orders or otherwise, the procedures and business of the Board.