20Proceedings of the Board

20 Proceedings of the Board (1) Subject to subsection (2), meetings of the Board must be held at such times and places as the Board determines. (2) The Chairperson may at any time convene a meeting but must do so when requested by a Director. (3) The Chairperson, or in his or her absence, the acting Chairperson, or in the absence of both the Chairperson and the acting Chairperson, a Director appointed by the Board, is to preside at a meeting of the Board. (4) A majority of the Directors for the time being constitutes a quorum of the Board. (5) Subject to the presence of a quorum the Board may act notwithstanding any vacancy in the office of a Director. S. 20(6) amended by No. 84/2000 s. 7(1). (6) A question arising at a meeting is to be determined by a majority of votes of Directors able to vote on that question and, if voting is equal, the person presiding has a casting, as well as a deliberative, vote. S. 20(6A) inserted by No. 84/2000 s. 7(2). (6A) Despite subsection (4), a question is to be taken to have been determined under subsection (6) if the majority is constituted by not less than 3 Directors. (7) The Board must ensure that minutes are kept of each of its meetings. (8) Subject to this Act, the Board may regulate its own proceedings. S. 20A inserted by No. 84/1994 s. 24.