# The Common Services Agency (Membership and Procedure) Regulations 1991, Regulation 7: Meetings and minutes


(1) At every meeting of the Committee, the chairman, if present, shall preside.
(2) If the chairman is absent from any meeting, the vice-chairman, if present, shall preside, and if the chairman and vice-chairman are both absent, the members present at the meeting shall elect from among themselves a person to act as chairman for that meeting who is not also an officer of the Agency, a Health Board or the Secretary of State.
(3) All acts of, and all questions coming and arising before the Committee shall be done and decided by a majority of the members of the Committee present and voting at a meeting of the Committee and, in the case of an equality of votes, the person presiding at the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.
(4) Minutes of every meeting of the Committee shall be forwarded to the Secretary of State not later than one week before the date of the next meeting of the Committee after that to which they relate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/564/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/common-services-agency-membership-and-procedure-regulations-1991/regulation-7
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