32EMeetings of the Rule Committee

#### 32E Meetings of the Rule Committee 32E Meetings of the Rule Committee > > (1) The procedure for calling meetings of the Rule Committee and for the conduct of business at those meetings is, subject to any procedure that is prescribed by or under this Act, to be as determined by the Rule Committee. > > > (2) Three members of the Rule Committee are to form a quorum and any duly convened meeting of the Rule Committee at which a quorum is present is competent to transact any business of the Rule Committee and has all the functions of the Rule Committee. > > > (3) The chairperson of the Rule Committee or, in the absence of the chairperson, the deputy chairperson of that Committee is to preside at a meeting of that Committee. > > > (4) In the absence from a meeting of the Rule Committee of both the chairperson and the deputy chairperson another member of the Rule Committee elected by the members present is to preside at the meeting. > > > (5) The person presiding at a meeting of the Rule Committee has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, also has a casting vote. > > > (6) A decision supported by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of the Rule Committee at which a quorum is present is the decision of that Committee. > > > (7) The President may, subject to any decision of the Rule Committee under subsection (1), call meetings of the Rule Committee as and when the President thinks necessary. > > > (8) The Rule Committee may, if it thinks fit, transact any of its business by the circulation of papers among all the members of the Rule Committee for the time being, and a resolution in writing approved in writing by a majority of those members is to be taken to be a decision of the Rule Committee. > > **s 32E:** Ins 1995 No 21, Sch 4 (11). Am 1998 No 130, Sch 1 \[9\].