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17(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the quorum for a meeting of the Board shall be seven.
(2)The quorum for a meeting of the Board at which any appointment is to be made under paragraph 3(10) or 11(4) shall be—
(a)12, if the Board consists of 19 members;
(b)11, if it consists of 16, 17 or 18 members;
(c)10, if it consists of less than 16 members.
(3)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), any vacancy in the membership of the Board is to be disregarded.
(4)Subject to paragraph 18, every question at a meeting of the Board shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting on the question, and in the case of an equal division of the votes, the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.
(5)If the chairman and vice-chairman are absent from a meeting of the Board, the members present shall elect one of their number to act as chairman of the meeting.
(6)The Board shall determine the procedures to be followed by it in exercising its power under section 59(1).
(7)The Board shall—
(a)publish the procedures determined by it under sub-paragraph (6); and
(b)not exercise its power under section 59(1) otherwise than in accordance with those procedures.
(8)Subject to sub-paragraphs (1) to (7) the Board may regulate its own procedure.
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