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Meetings and business.
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47.—(1) The Authority shall hold such and so many meetings as may be necessary for the performance of its functions and subject to this Act may make arrangements for the conduct of its meetings and business.
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(2) Arrangements referred to in subsection (1) may, with the approval of the Minister, provide for the discharge, under the general direction of the Authority, of any of its functions by a sub-committee of the Authority.
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(3) The Minister may fix or sanction the date, time and place of the first meeting of the Authority to take place after the coming into operation of this subsection.
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(4) The quorum for a meeting of the Authority shall be 5 members.
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(5) At a meeting of the Authority—
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(a) the chairperson shall, if present, take the chair,
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(b) in the absence of the chairperson or, if the office of chairperson is vacant, the vice-chairperson of the Authority shall take the chair, and
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(c) if and so long as—
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(i) the chairperson is not present or the office of chairperson is vacant, and
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(ii) the vice-chairperson of the Authority is not present or the office of vice-chairperson is vacant,
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the members of the Authority shall choose one of their number to take the chair at the meeting.
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(6) The chairperson and each ordinary member of the Authority attending a meeting of the Authority shall have one vote.
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(7) Every question at a meeting of the Authority shall be determined by a majority of the votes cast on the question and, in the case of an equal division of votes, the person who chairs the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.
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