Valid from 11/06/2008
23EThe quorum of the Council shall be eight members.
24EThe business of the Council shall be decided by a majority of the members present and voting thereon and, in the event of an equal division of votes, the person presiding shall have a second or casting vote.
25EThe Chair, if present, shall preside over meetings but, if the Chair is not present or, if the Chair declines to preside on any occasion when he or she considers it preferable not to do so, the Council shall choose another member to preside.
26ESubject to paragraph 23 above, the Council may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership.
27ESubject to the preceding provisions of this Schedule, the Council shall have power to regulate its own procedure.