5ATransaction of business outside meetings or by telecommunication

5A Transaction of business outside meetings or by telecommunication

5A Transaction of business outside meetings or by telecommunication

(1) HRICG may transact business by the circulation of papers among all its members.

(2) The papers may be circulated by email or by other means of transmission of the information in the papers.

(3) If business is transacted by the circulation of papers, a written resolution approved in writing by a majority of the voting members is taken to be a decision of HRICG.

(4) The resolution must be recorded in the minutes of the meetings of HRICG.

(5) HRICG may transact business at a meeting at which members, or some members, participate by telephone or by other means but not if a member who speaks on a matter at the meeting cannot be heard by the other members.

(6) The Chairperson and each other member have the same voting rights as they have at an ordinary meeting of HRICG for—

(a) the approval of a resolution under subclause (3), or

(b) a meeting held in accordance with subclause (5).