12(1)A council appointing a committee, and councils who concur in appointing a joint committee, may make, vary and revoke standing orders respecting the quorum, proceedings and place of meeting of the committee or joint committee, but subject to any such standing orders[F1 and to section 22(2) to (4)] the quorum, proceedings and place of meeting shall be such as the committee or joint committee may determine.N.I.
(2)The person presiding at a meeting of any committee or joint committee shall, in the case of an equality of votes, have a second or casting vote.