655Meetings of the Centre Board

655 Meetings of the Centre Board

(1) The chairperson—

(a) may at any time convene a meeting of the Centre Board; and

(b) must convene a meeting of the Centre Board when requested by a member of the Centre Board to do so.

(2) Subject to this Chapter, the Centre Board may regulate its own procedure.

(3) The chairperson or, in the chairperson's absence, the acting chairperson or, in the absence of both the chairperson and the acting chairperson, a member elected by the members at the meeting, must preside at a meeting of the Centre Board.

(4) The quorum for a meeting of the Centre Board—

(a) is a majority of the members of the Board for the time being; and

(b) must include at least 2 members referred to in section 647(6).

(5) A question arising at a meeting of the Centre Board is determined by a majority of votes of the members present and voting on the question.

(6) The person presiding at a meeting has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes on any question, a second or casting vote.

(7) The Centre Board may permit members to participate in a particular meeting by—

(a) telephone; or

(b) closed-circuit television; or

(c) any other means of electronic or instantaneous communication.

(8) A member of the Centre Board who participates in a meeting under subsection (7) is taken to be present at the meeting.