Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1983
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Board's quorum, vacancies, etc. |
12.—(1) The quorum for a meeting of the Board shall be three. | |
(2) Subject to subsection (1) of this section, the Board may act notwithstanding a vacancy in the chairmanship, the deputy chairmanship or among the ordinary members. | ||
(3) Where a vacancy occurs in the chairmanship, deputy chairmanship or among the ordinary members, the Minister shall, as soon as may be, take steps to fill the vacancy. | ||
(4) (a) Where, owing to the illness of the chairman or of an ordinary member, or for any other reason, a sufficient number of members of the Board is not available to enable the Board effectively to perform its functions, the Minister may, as an interim measure, appoint from among the officers referred to in section 7 (2) (e) of this Act, one or more persons to be an ordinary member. | ||
(b) A person shall not be appointed to be an ordinary member under this subsection for a term in excess of twelve months. |