17Transaction of business outside meetings or by telecommunication

17 Transaction of business outside meetings or by telecommunication

17 Transaction of business outside meetings or by telecommunication

(1) The Advisory Committee may, if it thinks fit, transact its business—

(a) by the circulation of papers, by email or other electronic means, among all members, or

(b) at a meeting at which all or some members participate by telephone or other electronic means, but only if a member who speaks on a matter at the meeting can be heard by the other members.

(2) If the Advisory Committee transacts its business by the circulation of papers under subsection (1)(a), a written resolution approved in writing by a majority of the members of the Committee is taken to be a decision of the Committee made at a Committee meeting.

(3) The chairperson and each other member of the Advisory Committee have the same voting rights as at an ordinary Committee meeting for—

(a) a meeting held in accordance with subsection (1)(b), or

(b) an approval of a resolution under subsection (2).

(4) A resolution approved under subsection (2) must be recorded in the minutes of the Advisory Committee meeting.