Procedures and Administrative Support of the Board

(1) All decisions of the Board shall be made by a majority of the members present and voting. (2) A quorum for a meeting of the Board shall be one of the members appointed pursuant to Section 19 (1) (a) of this Act, and four of the members appointed pursuant to paragraph (b) and (c) of that subsection. (3) The Board shall meet not less frequently that once in every four months, and the first meeting of the Board shall be held as soon as reasonably possible after the appointment of the (4) Subject to this section, the Board shall decide its own rules and procedures and the Chairperson shall promptly Management Fund 33 provide the Public Information Office with a true and fair copy of the rules and procedures or any amendment to them. (5) For purposes of section 13(1)(a) of this Act, the Board shall prepare an annual budget for each financial year for the Chairperson to submit to the Minister of Finance for the State Budget and the Board’s budget shall make provision for the hiring of consultants, advisors and other service providers, of sufficient number and necessary skills (including accounting and administrative) to supply the work of the Board. (6) The members appointed pursuant to paragraph to section 19(1) (b) and (c) of this Act, shall be paid an honorarium from the budget of the Board in such amount as the Minister shall determine by Order published in the Gazette, subject to negative resolution but being no more, than ten per cent of the salary (excluding allowances) of a member of the House of Representatives, and shall not receive any other payment as members except the reimbursement of properly incurred expenses (of a nature determined by the Minister by Order published in the Gazette as being reimbursable expenses, subject to negative resolution) approved by the Minister. (7) No financial assistance other than as mentioned in subsection (6) of this section is to be provided to the Board or to a member in his capacity as a member. (8) The Attorney General’s Ministry shall provide administrative support for the Board, the costs thereof to be met from the budget of the Board, including budgetary control and the making of contracts (which shall be made subject to public procurement rules and in the name of the department).