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Legal Aid Act 1977
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80 Meetings of review committee
(1) A review committee shall hold such meetings as are necessary for the
exercise of its function.
(2) Meetings of a review committee shall be convened by the chief
executive officer.
(3) At the first meeting of a review committee the members present shall
elect 1 of their number to preside at meetings of the committee.
(4) If, at a meeting of a review committee, the presiding member is not
in attendance, the members present shall appoint 1 of their number to
preside at that meeting.
(5) Questions arising at a meeting of a review committee shall be
determined by a majority of the votes of members of the review
committee present and voting.
(6) The member of a review committee presiding at a meeting of the
review committee has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an
equality of votes, also has a casting vote.
(7) A review committee may regulate the conduct of proceedings at its
meetings as it thinks fit and shall keep minutes of those proceedings.
(8) For a meeting of a review committee, a quorum is made up of
2 members, at least 1 of whom is a legal practitioner.