6Seal and quorum

6 Seal and quorum

6 Seal and quorum

(1) The members for the time being of the Trust shall have the custody of its common seal and the form of such seal and all other matters relating thereto shall, except as hereinafter provided, be, from time to time, determined at a meeting of the Trust.

(2) The common seal of the Trust shall not be affixed to any instrument except in pursuance of a resolution passed at a meeting of the Trust.

Every instrument to which the common seal is so affixed shall be signed by not less than three members of the Trust.

(3) Five members of the Trust shall constitute a quorum for the purposes of any meeting of the Trust:

Provided that where there are two or three vacancies in the offices of members of the Trust four members of the Trust shall constitute a quorum for the purposes of any meeting of the Trust.

(3A) A decision supported by the majority of the votes cast by the members of the Trust present and voting at a meeting of the Trust at which a quorum is present shall be the decision of the Trust.

(3B) The chairman for a meeting of the Trust shall, in the event of an equality of votes, have, in addition to a deliberative vote, a second or casting vote at the meeting.

(4) No act or proceeding of the Trust shall be invalidated or prejudiced by reason only of the fact that, at the time when such act or proceeding was done, taken or commenced, there were vacancies not exceeding three in number in the offices of members of the Trust.

s 6: Am 1982 No 100, Sch 2 (2).