Vote of members

Every member of a Wages Council shall have one vote, provided that the Chairman, or in his absence the Deputy Chairman, may, if he thinks it desirable, and shall, at the request of not less than one-half of the members present representing employers or of not less than one-half of the members present representing workers, take a vote of the representative members by sides, and in such a case the vote of the majority of members on either side present and voting shall be the vote of that side. In such a division the independent members shall not vote, but in the event of the division resulting in a disagreement between the two sides, the question may be decided by the majority vote of the independent members or, if one only is present, by the vote of that independent member. If there are only two independent members present the Chairman, or in his absence the Deputy Chairman, shall have in addition to his original vote, a casting vote.