Second Schedule Clause 6 (4)

SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE BOARD, ETC Proceedings of the Board

1. Subject to the provisions of this Bill and Clause 27 of the Interpretation Act (which provides for decisions of a statutory body to be taken by a majority of its members and for the person presiding at any meeting, when a vote is ordered, to have a second or casting vote), the Board may make standing orders regulating its proceedings or any of its committees.

2. At every meeting of the Board, the Chairman shall preside and in his absence the members present shall appoint one of them, other than the Secretary, to preside.

3. (1) The quorum at a meeting of the Board shall not less than half (rounded up to the nearest whole number) of the total number of members of the Board at the date of the meeting and the quorum of a committee of the Board shall be as determined by the Board .

(2) A majority decision of the members on any matter obtained by written correspondence shall be treated in all respects as though it was a decision of the Board in meeting

4. The Board shall for the purpose of this Bill, meet not less than 4 times in each year. The Board shall also meet whenever it is summoned by the Chairman, and if required to do so, by notice given to him by not less than seven members, he shall summon a meeting of the Board to be held within 14 days from the date on which the notice is given.

5. Where the Board desires to obtain the advice of any person on a particular matter, the board may co-opt such person to the Board for such period as it thinks fit, but a person who is a member by virtue of this paragraph shall not been titled to vote at any meeting of the Board and shall not count towards a quorum.

6. A member of the Board who is directly or in directly interested in any matter being deliberated by the Board, or is interested in any contract made or proposed to be made by the Board shall, as soon as possible after the relevant facts have come to his knowledge, disclose the nature of his interest at a meeting of the Board.

7. A disclosure under this paragraph shall be recorded in the minutes of the meetings of the Board and the member concerned shall:

(a) after the disclosure, not take part in any deliberation or decision of the Board; and

(b) be excluded for the purpose of constituting a quorum of any meeting of the Board for any deliberation or decision with regards to the subject matter in respect of which his interest is so disclosed.

Committees

8. (1) Subject to its standing orders, the Board may appoint such number of standing and ad-hoc committee as it thinks fits to consider any report on any matter with which the board is concerned

(2) A committee appointed under this paragraph shall consist of such number of persons (not necessarily members of the committee in accordance with the terms of his appointment and the committee shall be presided over by a member of the Board. The quorum of any committee set up by the Boards shall be determined by the Board.

(3) A decision of a committee of the Board shall be of no effect until it is confirmed by the Board

Miscellaneous

9. The fixing of the seal of the Board shall be authenticated by the signature of the Chairman or any other person generally or specifically authorized by the Board to act for that purpose and that of the Secretary.

10. Any contract or instrument which, if made by a person not being a body corporate, would not be required to be under seal maybe made or executed on behalf of the Board by the Secretary or by the person generally or specially authorized by the Board to act for that purpose.

11. Any document purporting to be a contract, instrument or other document duly signed or sealed on behalf of the Board shall be received in evidence and, unless the contrary is proved, be presumed to have been so signed or sealed.

12. The validity of any proceeding of the Board, or any of its committees, shall not be affected by:

(a) any vacancy in the membership of the Board or committee;

(b) any defect in the appointment of a member of the Board or committee; or

13. A member of a committee who has a personal interest in any contract or arrangement entered into or proposed to be considered by the committee shall disclose his interest to the committee and not vote on any question relating to the contract or arrangement.

14. No member of the Board shall be personally liable for any actor omission done or made in good faith while engaged in the business of the Board.