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Procedure at meetings of the Council.
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11.—(1) The quorum for a meeting of the Council shall be one-third of the number of the members of the Council or, where that number is not divisible by three without a remainder, one-third of the next higher number so divisible.
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(2) At a meeting of the Council—
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(a) the chairman of the Council shall, if he is present, be chairman of the meeting;
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(b) if and so long as the chairman of the Council is not present or if the office of chairman is vacant, the vice-chairman of the Council shall, if and so long as he is present, be chairman of the meeting;
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(c) if and so long as the chairman of the Council is not present or if the office of chairman is vacant and the vice-chairman is not present or the office of vice-chairman is vacant, the members of the Council who are present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.
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(3) Every question at a meeting of the Council shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting on the question and, in case of an equal division of votes, the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote save where the question is the election of the chairman of the Council.
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(4) The Council may act notwithstanding one or more vacancies amongst its members.
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(5) Where—
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(a) any body purports to appoint a person a member of the Council, and
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(b) such person acts as such member, and
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(c) there was any informality in the purported appointment of such person,
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then, the acts and proceedings of such person shall, for the purposes of the proceedings of the Council but not further or otherwise, be as valid and effectual as if there had been no such informality.
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(6) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Council may, by standing orders or otherwise, regulate the procedure and business of the Council.
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