{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cleveland-tertiary-college-government-regulations-1994/schedule-1/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cleveland-tertiary-college-government-regulations-1994/schedule-1/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1435",
  "legislation_title": "The Cleveland Tertiary College (Government) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cleveland-tertiary-college-government-regulations-1994",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Quorum",
  "text": "(1) Meetings of the Corporation shall be quorate if 40% or more members are present including at least 40% of the total number of business members. In the case of a Corporation with between 10 and 20 members and with the minimum number of business members, the table set out below gives the number of members and business members necessary for a quorum.\nTABLE\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\nTotal membership of the Corporation\nNumber of members that constitute a quorum\nMinimum number of business members that must be included in the number in column(2)\n10\n4\n3\n11 or 12\n5\n3\n13 or 14\n6\n3\n15\n6\n4\n16 or 17\n7\n4\n18, 19 or 20\n8\n4\n(2) If the number of members assembled for a meeting of the Corporation does not constitute a quorum therefor, the meeting shall not be held. If in the course of a meeting of the Corporation the number of members thereof present ceases to constitute a quorum, the meeting shall be terminated forthwith.\n(3) If for lack of quorum a meeting cannot be held or, as the case may be, cannot continue, the Chairman shall, if he thinks fit, cause a special meeting to be summoned as soon as conveniently may be.\n(4) If a meeting is quorate, but the members present who are business members are in a minority, a majority of such members present shall have the right to decide that an item of business be deferred to a subsequent meeting. No item may be so deferred more than once under this provision.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1435/schedule/1/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:32:27.787662+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}