Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Act 2022

Amendment of section 14 of Act of 2000

6. Section 14 of the Act of 2000 is amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), the quorum for a meeting of the Board shall be 3 members of the Board.

(b) For the purposes of paragraph (a), the quorum of 3 members may consist of—

(i) the Chairperson and 2 other members,

(ii) the Chairperson, the Deputy Chairperson and one other member,

(iii) the Deputy Chairperson and 2 other members, or

(iv) 3 members of the Board, other than the Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson, who are present at the meeting, in circumstances where—

(I) the Chairperson is not present at the meeting or that office is vacant,

(II) the Deputy Chairperson is not present at the meeting or that office is vacant, or

(III) both the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson are present at the meeting and are required to withdraw at the same time under section 17(1)(c),

and those members who are present shall choose one of their number to be chairperson of the meeting.”,

(b) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “section 9” for “section 9(1) (a) ”, and

(c) by the deletion of subsection (4).