Greater London Authority Act 1999

Constitution and procedure

10 (1) The persons appointed to be members of the Committee shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of their respective appointments and shall, on ceasing to be members of the Committee, be eligible for reappointment.

(2) Any person so appointed may at any time by notice in writing to the Assembly resign his office.

11 (1) The Committee shall meet—

(a) at least twice a year; and

(b) whenever convened by the chairman.

(2) Without prejudice to the discretion of the chairman to call a meeting whenever he thinks fit, he shall call a meeting when required to do so by any three members of the Committee.

(3) Minutes shall be kept of the proceedings of every meeting of the Committee; and copies of those minutes shall be sent to the Assembly, the Rail Regulator and the Central Rail Users' Consultative Committee.

(4) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule the Committee shall determine their own procedure (including the quorum at meetings of the Committee).

12 The Committee may delegate the exercise and performance of any of their functions to such sub-committees of the Committee as they think fit.

13 (1) A sub-committee of the Committee may with the consent of the Assembly include persons who are not members of the Committee.

(2) Where a person who is not a member of the Committee is a member of such a sub-committee, the Committee may pay to that person such travelling and other allowances in respect of that person’s membership of the sub-committee as the Committee may determine.

14 The validity of any proceedings of the Committee shall not be affected by any vacancy amongst the members or by any defects in the appointment of a member.