7. The powers of an industrial training board conferred on the board by virtue of section 19(1)(a)(v) of the [1954 c. 33 (N.I.)] Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 to regulate its own procedure and business shall be subject to any provision made by an industrial training order as to quorum, voting by proxy, or otherwise.N.I.
8. The members of an industrial training board appointed under heads (a) and (c) of paragraph 2(2) shall not vote on any matter relating to the imposition of a levy and no such matter shall be decided except in accordance with the votes of the majority of the members appointed under head (b) of paragraph 2(2) after consultation with organisations appearing to the Department to be representative of employers engaging in the industry.N.I.
9.—(1) A member of an industrial training board who has any pecuniary interest, direct or indirect, in any matter which falls to be considered by the board shall, as soon as possible after the relevant circumstances have come to his knowledge, disclose the nature of his interest at a meeting of the board.N.I.
(2) Any disclosure under this paragraph shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting and the member—
(a)shall not take part after the disclosure in any deliberation or decision of the board with respect to the matter;
(b)shall be disregarded for the purpose of constituting a quorum of the board for any such deliberation or decision.
(3) A member need not attend in person at a meeting of an industrial training board in order to make a disclosure which he is required to make under this paragraph, if he takes reasonable steps to secure that the disclosure is made by a notice which is taken into consideration and read at such a meeting.
10. The validity of any proceedings of an industrial training board shall not be affected by any vacancy among the members, or by any defect in the appointment of a member or by a failure to comply with paragraph 9.N.I.