SCHEDULE 1 - Meetings of Commi SCHEDULE 1 - Meetings of Committee

Regulation 6

1.   Convening meetings

(1) Meetings of the Committee must be convened by the chairperson, or by any 2 members of the Committee, if a member referred to in regulation 9 or 49 applies for an invalidity benefit.

(2) The Commission is to give each member of the Committee notice of each meeting of the Committee.

2.   Procedure at meetings

(1) Two members of the Committee form a quorum at any duly convened meeting of the Committee.

(2) A duly convened meeting of the Committee at which a quorum is present is competent to transact any business of the Committee.

(3) Questions arising at a meeting of the Committee are to be determined by a majority of votes of the members present and voting.

(4) In the event of an equality of votes at a meeting of the Committee, the chairperson or other member presiding has a casting vote as well as a deliberative vote.

3.   Chairperson to preside

(1) The chairperson is to preside at all meetings of the Committee at which he or she is present.

(2) If the chairperson is not present at a meeting of the Committee, a member elected by the members present is to preside at that meeting.

4.   Disclosure of interest

(1) A member who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter being considered by the Committee must, as soon as practicable after the relevant facts come to the knowledge of the member, disclose the nature of that interest at a meeting of the Committee.

(2) A disclosure under subclause (1) is to be recorded in the minutes and the member must not, unless the Committee determines otherwise –