12Transaction of business outside meetings or by telecommunication

12 Transaction of business outside meetings or by telecommunication

12 Transaction of business outside meetings or by telecommunication

(1) A committee may, if it thinks fit, transact any of its business by the circulation of papers among all of its members, and a resolution in writing, approved by a majority of the members in writing, is taken to be a decision of the committee.

(2) A committee may, if it thinks fit, transact business at a meeting at which members, or some members, participate by telephone, audio visual link or other means, but only if a member who speaks on a matter at the meeting can be heard by the other members.

(3) For the purposes of—

(a) the approval of a resolution under subclause (1), or

(b) a meeting held in accordance with subclause (2),

the chairperson and each other member have the same voting rights as they have at an ordinary meeting of the committee.

(4) A resolution approved under subclause (1) is to be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the committee.

(5) Papers may be circulated among members for the purposes of subclause (1) by email or other transmission of the information in the papers concerned.