Appointments and procedure
1(1)The Secretary of State may make regulations with respect to—
(a)the appointment of the members of the Agency and their tenure and vacation of office ;
(b)the execution of instruments and the mode of entering into contracts by or on behalf of the Agency, and the proof of documents purporting to be executed, issued or signed by the Agency or by a member or officer of the Agency.
(2)Subject to any regulations under sub-paragraph (1), the Agency shall have power to regulate their own procedure, including the manner in which matters subject to the determination of the Agency are to be determined by or on behalf of them.
(3)Any regulations under sub-paragraph (1) shall be made by statutory instrument, which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
2The validity of any proceedings of the Agency shall not be affected by any vacancy among the members or by any defect in the appointment of a member.