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Procedure and meetings of the Authority

Cap. 233, s. 7 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) The Board shall meet at such time as may be necessary or expedient for the transaction of business, and such meetings shall be held at such place and time and on such days as the Board may determine. (2) The Board shall meet at least once every month. (3) The Chairperson may at any time call a special meeting of the Board. (4) The decision of the Board with regard to any question shall be determined by vote of the majority of the members present at the meeting of the Board and in any case when the votes of the members present in regard to any question shall be equally divided, the Chairperson presiding at the meeting shall have a casting vote in addition to his own vote. (5) Minutes of the proceedings of each meeting of the Board shall be kept in such manner as the Board may determine and shall be confirmed by the Chairperson as soon as practicable thereafter at a subsequent meeting. (6) The Board may co-opt any one or more persons to attend any particular meeting of the Board for the purpose of assisting or advising the Board, but no such co-opted person shall have any right to vote. 15 (7) Subject to this section, the Board shall have power to regulate its own proceedings. (8) If member appointed under paragraph section 4 (1) (c) of this Act, is absent from three consecutive meetings of the Board without reasonable cause, he shall be deemed to have vacated his seat.

Amended by: 37 of 2001

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