Legal Aid Act 1977
80Meetings of review committee
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 80
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Legal Aid Act 1977.
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.