{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maryport-harbour-revision-order-2007/schedule-2/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3463",
  "legislation_title": "The Maryport Harbour Revision Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maryport-harbour-revision-order-2007",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Every question at a meeting of the Authority or a committee of the Authority shall be decided by a majority vote of the Members present and voting.\n(2) If at any meeting of the Authority there is an equality of votes on a question, the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.\n(3) The quorum required for a meeting of the Authority shall be four.\n(4) The Authority shall cause minutes to be made—\n(a) of the names of Members present at every meeting of the Authority or of a committee of the Authority; and\n(b) of all proceedings or resolutions at such meeting;\nand such minutes, if signed by a person purporting to be chairman of the meeting to which the minutes relate or of a subsequent meeting at which the minutes were approved as a correct record, shall be received in evidence without further proof.\n(5) Until the contrary is proved, a meeting for which minutes have been so made or signed shall be deemed to have been duly convened and held and, if it was a meeting of a committee, that committee shall be deemed to have had power to deal with the subject of the minutes.\n(6) If a Member—\n(a) has any interest, direct or indirect—\n(i) in any contract or proposed contract to which the Authority are or would be a party,\n(ii) in any other matter with which the Authority are concerned, or\n(b) is a director of a company or body with which the contract or proposed contract is made or proposed to be made,\nhe shall declare that interest or directorship.\n(7) If a Member is present at a meeting of the Authority or of any committee of the Authority at which a contract or other matter in which he has an interest is to be considered, he shall—\n(a) as soon as is practicable after the commencement of that meeting, disclose his interest;\n(b) not vote on any question with respect to that contract or matter; and\n(c) withdraw from the meeting—\n(i) at any time if the Members present by resolution require him to do so; and\n(ii) while a decision on that contract or matter is being made.\n(8) This paragraph shall not apply to any interest—\n(a) which a Member has in respect of the payment to the Authority of harbour dues;\n(b) which arises in respect of the provision of harbour services or facilities affecting the trading community in general;\n(c) which a Member has as an employer of a public utility undertaking or as a shareholder, not being a director of a company, unless he possesses more than five per cent of the issued share capital of the company; or\n(d) which the Members present at the meeting by resolution declare to be too remote.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3463/schedule/2/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:39:52.948462+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."
}