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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-human-fertilisation-and-embryology-appeals-regulations-2009/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111479605",
  "legislation_title": "The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Appeals) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-human-fertilisation-and-embryology-appeals-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Quorum and voting",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) the quorum for any hearing of the Committee to determine an appeal or meeting, apart from a case management meeting, is three and must include—\n(a) the Chair or Deputy Chair; and\n(b) at least one member who is a person with a professional interest.\n(2) The Committee, when determining an appeal, may not consist of an even number of members.\n(3) A member who has not been present throughout a hearing of an appeal may not take part in the determination of the appeal and will not count towards the quorum (or for the purpose of paragraph (2)).\n(4) Decisions of the Committee shall be taken by a simple majority of the members.\n(5) A member of the Committee may not abstain from voting.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111479605/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:57:25.372463+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."
}