Paragraph 7 Proceedings of meetings

Minutes of the proceedings of every meeting of the joint committee shall, subject to sub-paragraph (2), be drawn up and entered in a book kept for that purpose and shall be signed at the same or next following meeting of the joint committee by the person presiding thereat, and any minute purporting to be so signed shall be received in evidence without further proof.

Notwithstanding anything in any enactment or rule of law to the contrary, the minutes of the proceedings of the joint committee may be recorded on loose leaves consecutively numbered, the minutes of the proceedings of any meeting being signed, and each leaf comprising those minutes being initialled, at the same or next following meeting of the joint committee, by the person presiding thereat, and any minute purporting to be so signed shall be received in evidence without further proof.

Until the contrary is proved, where a minute of any meeting of the joint committee has been made and signed in accordance with this paragraph, the joint committee shall be deemed to have been duly constituted and to have had power to deal with the matters referred to in the minute, the meeting shall be deem to have been duly convened and held, and the members present at the meeting shall be deemed to have been duly qualified.

A copy of the minutes of the proceedings at each meeting of the joint committee shall be sent to the proper officer of each constituent authority within fourteen days after the date of the meeting at which they are signed.

All questions coming or arising before the joint committee shall be decided by a majority of the members of the joint committee present and voting thereon at a meeting of the committee.

In the case of an equality of votes, the person presiding at the meeting shall have a casting vote.

The method of voting at meetings of the joint committee shall be by a show of hands and on the requisition of any member of the joint committee and seconded by one other member of the joint committee, made before the vote on any question is taken, the voting shall be recorded to show whether each member present and voting gave his vote for or against that question.

The names of the members present at a meeting of the joint committee shall be recorded.