The Police Act 1997 (Provisions in relation to the NCIS Service Authority) Order 1998

Duty to adopt certain procedural standing orders

B2.—(1) No later than the first meeting of the Authority falling after the day on which this Order comes into force, the Authority shall, in respect of the recording of votes, and signing of minutes, of the Authority—

(a) make standing orders incorporating the provisions set out in paragraph (2) below, or provisions to the like effect, and

(b) modify any existing standing orders in so far as necessary to conform with those provisions.

(2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) above are—

(a) Where immediately after a vote is taken at a meeting of a relevant body any member of that body so requires, there shall be recorded in the minutes of the proceedings of that meeting whether that person cast his vote for the question or against the question or whether he abstained from voting.

(b) Where in relation to any meeting of the Authority the next such meeting is a meeting called under paragraph 3 (extraordinary meetings) of Schedule 1 to this Order, the next following meeting of Authority (being a meeting called otherwise than under that paragraph) shall be treated as a suitable meeting for the purposes of paragraph 9(1) and (2) (signing of minutes) of the Schedule.

(3) In paragraph (2)(a) above “relevant body” means the Authority or a committee of the Authority.