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Meetings, committees, etc. of Agency.
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8.—(1) The Agency shall hold such and so many meetings as may be necessary for the performance of its functions, but not less than six meetings in every year beginning with the year after that in which it is established.
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(2) The Minister shall fix the date, time and place of the first meeting of the Agency.
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(3) The quorum for a meeting of the Agency shall be five.
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(4) At a meeting of the Agency—
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(a) the chairman of the Agency, if he is present, or
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(b) the vice-chairman of the Agency if he is present and the chairman of the Agency is not present or the office of chairman of the Agency is vacant, or
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(c) in every other case, the member of the Agency present who is chosen to be the chairman of the meeting by those members of the Agency present and voting,
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shall be the chairman of the meeting.
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(5) At a meeting of the Agency, each member of the Agency present shall have a vote and every question shall be determined by a majority of votes of the members present and voting and, in the case of an equal division of votes, the chairman of the meeting shall have a casting vote.
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(6) The Agency may act notwithstanding one or more vacancies among its members.
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(7) The Agency may appoint committees (which may include persons who are not members of the Agency) to facilitate the performance of its functions, and any such committee shall comply with any direction given to it by the Agency.
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(8) A person shall not receive any remuneration for acting as a member of the Agency or as a member of a committee appointed under subsection (7) of this section, but may be paid such travelling and subsistence allowances as are approved of by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for the Public Service.
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(9) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Agency shall regulate its procedure and business.
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