# The Health Boards (Membership and Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2001, Regulation 8: Meetings and minutes


(1) The meetings and proceedings of the Board shall be conducted in accordance with standing orders made pursuant to regulation 9.
(2) At every meeting of a Board, the chairperson, if present, shall preside.
(3) If the chairperson is absent from any meeting, the vice-chairperson, if present, shall preside, and if the chairperson and vice-chairperson are both absent, the members present at the meeting shall elect from among themselves a person, who does not also hold the position of Chief Officer, Chief Finance Officer or Director of Public Health of a Board, or Chief Officer of a National Health Service trust, to act as chairperson for that meeting.
(4) All acts of, and all questions coming and arising before, a Board shall be done and decided by a majority of the members of the Board present and voting at a meeting of the Board and, in the case of an equality of votes, the person presiding at the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.
(5) The proceedings of a Board or of any committee shall not be invalidated by any vacancy in its membership or by any defect in the appointment of any member of such committee.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2001/302/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-boards-membership-and-procedure-scotland-regulations-2001/regulation-8
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