8Procedure

#### 8 Procedure 8 Procedure > > (1) The procedure for the calling of meetings of the Committee and for the conduct of business at those meetings shall, subject to this Act, be as determined by the Committee. > > > (2) The Clerk of the Legislative Assembly shall call the first meeting of the Committee in each Parliament in such manner as the Clerk thinks fit. > > > (3) At a meeting of the Committee, 4 members constitute a quorum, but the Committee shall meet as a joint committee at all times. > > > (4) The Chair or, in the absence of the Chair, the Deputy Chair or, in the absence of both the Chair and the Deputy Chair, a member of the Committee elected to chair the meeting by the members present shall preside at a meeting of the Committee. > > > (5) The Deputy Chair or other member presiding at a meeting of the Committee shall, in relation to the meeting, have all the functions of the Chair. > > > (6) The Chair, Deputy Chair or other member presiding at a meeting of the Committee shall have a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, shall also have a casting vote. > > > (7) A question arising at a meeting of the Committee shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting. > > > (8) The Committee may sit and transact business despite any prorogation of the Houses of Parliament or any adjournment of either House of Parliament. > > > (9) The Committee may sit and transact business on a sitting day of a House of Parliament during the time of the sitting. > > **s 8:** Am 1999 No 16, Sch 1.4 \[4\]; 2007 No 27, Sch 1.24 \[2\] \[3\].