Steel Industry Authority Act 1983
20Meetings of the Authority
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20 Meetings of the Authority
(1) The Chairman shall convene such meetings of the Authority as he considers necessary for the efficient performance of its functions. (2) Meetings of the Authority shall be held at such places as the Chairman determines. (3) The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Authority. (4) The Authority shall keep records of its meetings. (5) Subject to this Act, the Chairman may give directions regarding the procedure to be followed at or in connection with a meeting of the Authority. (6) At a meeting of the Authority:
(a) the Chairman and one other member form a quorum;
(b) all questions shall be decided by a majority of votes of the members present and voting; and
(c) the Chairman has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, also has a casting vote.
(7) Where a majority of the members sign a document containing a statement that they are in favour of a resolution in terms set out in the document, a resolution in those terms shall be deemed to have been passed at a duly constituted meeting of the Authority held on the day on which the document was signed, or, if the members sign the document on different days, on the day on which the document was last signed by a member. (8) For the purposes of sub‑section (7), 2 or more separate documents containing statements in identical terms each of which is signed by one or more members shall together be deemed to constitute one document containing a statement in those terms signed by those members on the respective days on which they signed the separate documents.