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Remuneration Authority Act 1977

8: Meetings

You could also call this:

"How the Authority runs its meetings and makes decisions"

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The Authority has meetings at times and places they choose. You need to know that the Authority can decide when and where they meet. The Chairman is in charge of these meetings.

When the Authority meets, at least 2 members must be there for the meeting to be official. The Chairman is usually in charge, but if they are not there, the Deputy Chairman takes over.

The Authority makes decisions by voting, and the person in charge gets an extra vote if there is a tie. The Authority can also make its own rules about how it runs its meetings. If the Authority makes a decision, it is still valid even if they did not follow the exact rules.

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8Meetings

  1. Meetings of the Authority shall be held at such times and places as the Authority or its Chairman from time to time appoints.

  2. At any meeting of the Authority, 2 members shall form a quorum.

  3. The Chairman shall preside at every meeting of the Authority at which he is present.

  4. In the absence of the Chairman from any meeting, the Deputy Chairman shall preside at that meeting.

  5. A decision of a majority of the members present at any meeting shall be the decision of the Authority, and, in the event of an equality of votes, the member presiding shall have a casting vote as well as a deliberative vote.

  6. Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Authority may regulate its procedure in such manner as it thinks fit.

  7. No decision or determination of the Authority, and no proceeding before the Authority, shall be held bad for want of form, or be void or in any way vitiated by reason of any informality or error of form.

Compare
  • SR 1974/143 r 19
Notes
  • Section 8(1): amended, on , by section 3(2) of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).
  • Section 8(2): amended, on , by section 3(2) of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).
  • Section 8(3): amended, on , by section 3(2) of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).
  • Section 8(5): amended, on , by section 3(2) of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).
  • Section 8(6): amended, on , by section 3(2) of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).
  • Section 8(7): amended, on , by section 3(2) of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).