12Procedure of the Board

12 Procedure of the Board S. 12(1) amended by No. 32/2025 s. 8(1). (1) Except as otherwise provided, all duties, functions and powers of the Board may be performed or exercised at any meeting of the Board at which at least two-thirds of the members of the Board are present. (2) Subject to subsection (9), a decision of the Board requires at least a two-thirds majority of the total number of members of the Board. (3) During any vacancy in the Board, the continuing members may subject to there being a quorum act as if there were no vacancy. (4) The Board may hold its meetings at any time and place it appoints and may adjourn a meeting. (5) The Board may transact any of its business at a meeting at which the members or any of the members participate by telephone, closed-circuit television or in any other similar way. (6) The President of the Board must preside at all meetings of the Board at which the President is present. (7) If the President of the Board is not present at a meeting of the Board, the longest serving member present at the meeting is to act as the President at the meeting. (8) The President or the member presiding at any meeting of the Board has a deliberative vote only. S. 12(9) substituted by No. 32/2025 s. 8(2). (9) If a matter to be determined by the Board at a meeting is a matter affecting a benefit entitlement of a contributor or a member of the Scheme, the matter can only be determined by a resolution passed by a two‑thirds majority of the total number of members of the Board that includes at least 2 members appointed under section 7(1)(a), (b), (c) or (d). (10) The Board must keep minutes of each meeting of the Board. (11) Subject to this Act, the Board may regulate its own procedure. (12) An act or decision of the Board is not invalid by reason only— (a) of a vacancy in the office of a member; or (b) of any defect or irregularity in or in connection with the appointment of a member; or (c) in the case of a person appointed to act as President or as a member, that the occasion for so acting has not arisen or has ceased. S. 12A inserted by No. 110/1993 s. 140.