245Transaction of business by alternative means

245 Transaction of business by alternative means (1) The Board may, if it thinks fit, transact any of its business by the provision of papers to all the members of the Board for the time being, and a resolution in writing approved in writing by a majority of the members constituting a quorum of the Board is taken to be a decision of the Board. (2) The Board may, if it thinks fit, transact any of its business at a meeting at which members (or some members) participate by telephone, closed-circuit television or other means, but only if any member who speaks on a matter before the meeting can be heard by the other members. (3) For the purposes of— (a) the approval of a resolution under subsection (1); or (b) a meeting held in accordance with subsection (2)— the Chairperson and each member have the same voting rights as they have at an ordinary meeting of the Board. (4) Papers may be circulated among the members for the purposes of subsection (1) by facsimile, email or other transmission of the information in the papers concerned.