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LEGAL AID ACT 1977 - SECT 54

Meetings

    (1)     The commission shall hold such meetings as are necessary for the exercise of its functions.

    (2)     The president of the commission may at any time convene a meeting of the commission.

    (3)     The president of the commission, on receipt of a request in writing signed by 3 commissioners, shall convene a meeting of the commission.

    (4)     At a meeting of the commission, 4 commissioners constitute a quorum.

    (5)     The president of the commission shall preside at all meetings of the commission at which he or she is present.

    (6)     If the president of the commission is not present at a meeting of the commission, the commissioners present shall elect 1 of their number to preside at that meeting and the person so elected shall preside accordingly.

    (7)     Questions arising at a meeting of the commission shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the commissioners present and voting.

    (8)     The commissioner presiding at a meeting of the commission has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, also has a casting vote.

    (9)     The commission may regulate the conduct of proceedings at its meetings as it thinks fit and shall keep minutes of those proceedings.



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