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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railway-heritage-scheme-order-1997/schedule/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railway-heritage-scheme-order-1997/schedule/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/39",
  "legislation_title": "The Railway Heritage Scheme Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railway-heritage-scheme-order-1997",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Proceedings of sub-committees",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, and to any direction by the Committee, a sub-committee may determine its own procedure.\n(2) A sub-committee shall meet when convened by its chairman.\n(3) Without prejudice to the discretion of the chairman of the sub-committee to call a meeting of the sub-committee, he shall call a meeting when requested to do so by not less than half the members of the Committee or of that sub-committee.\n(4) In the event that the chairman of a sub-committee does not attend a meeting of the sub-committee, another member may, with the agreement of the sub-committee, act as chairman for the purposes of that meeting.\n(5) Where, in respect of any matter, a sub-committee is unable to reach a decision because of an equality of votes, the chairman or, in his absence, any person acting as chairman pursuant to sub-paragraph (4), shall have a casting vote.\n(6) Subject to any provision for a quorum made under paragraph 7, the validity of any proceedings of a sub-committee shall not be affected by any vacancy amongst the members or by any defect in the appointment of a member.\n(7) A sub-committee shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its meetings.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/39/schedule/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:27:59.797565+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."
}