Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023

Meetings of advisory panel

41. (1) The advisory panel shall hold such and so many meetings as may be necessary for the performance of its functions and may make such arrangements for the conduct of its meetings and business as it considers appropriate.

(2) The quorum for a meeting of the advisory panel shall be 4.

(3) Subject to subsection (2), the advisory panel may act notwithstanding one or more than one vacancy among its membership.

(4) At a meeting of the advisory panel—

(a) the chairperson of the advisory panel shall, if present, chair the meeting, or

(b) if and so long as the chairperson of the advisory panel is not present, or if that office is vacant, the members of the advisory panel who are present shall choose one of their number to chair the meeting.