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Meetings of Commission.
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9.—(1) The Commission shall hold such and as many meetings as may be necessary for the performance of its functions.
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(2) The first meeting of the Commission shall be on the establishment day.
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(3) The quorum for a meeting of the Commission shall be 4, or, where there exists a vacancy in the Commission, 3 for such time as the vacancy exists.
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(4) At a meeting of the Commission—
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(a) the chairperson of the Commission shall, if present, be the chairperson of the meeting, and
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(b) if and so long as the chairperson of the Commission is not present or if the office of the chairperson is vacant, the members of the Commission who are present shall choose one of their members to be chairperson of the meeting.
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(5) At a meeting of the Commission each commissioner present, including the chairperson, shall have a vote and any question on which a vote is required in order to establish the Commission's view on the matter shall be determined by a majority of votes of the commissioners present and voting on the question and, in the case of an equal division of votes, the chairperson of the meeting shall have a second and casting vote.
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(6) The Commission may act notwithstanding one or more vacancies among its members.
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(7) Subject to this Act, the Commission shall regulate, by standing orders or otherwise, the procedure and business of the Commission.
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