SCHEDULES
F1SCHEDULE 1The Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
PART 2Powers, procedure, reporting etc
Procedure
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1
The Sponsor Body may (subject to this Schedule) determine its own procedure and the procedures of its committees and sub-committees.
2
No proceedings of the Sponsor Body, or of its committees or sub-committees, are invalidated by a vacancy or a defective appointment.
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1
The quorum for a meeting of the Sponsor Body is 5 members, who must include at least 2 external members and at least 2 Parliamentary members.
2
The Clerk of the Parliaments and the Clerk of the House of Commons, or their representatives, may attend and participate in meetings of the Sponsor Body.
3
The Sponsor Body may nominate an external member to chair a particular meeting of the Sponsor Body if—
a
the office of chair is vacant, or the chair is suspended from office under paragraph 11(3), and no interim chair has been appointed under paragraph 14, or
b
the chair is unable, unfit or unwilling to perform the chair's functions (whether because of illness or otherwise).
Sch. 1 ceases to have effect (1.1.2023) by virtue of The Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body (Abolition) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1360), regs. 1, 9(2)(a) (with reg. 11)