{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-2005/schedule-5/paragraph-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-2005/schedule-5/paragraph-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/14",
  "legislation_title": "Railways Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-2005",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to this paragraph and paragraph 16, the PC may regulate its own procedure.\n(2) Sub-paragraph (1) includes power to make provision about quorums.\n(3) The PC must meet when convened by the chairman.\n(4) The chairman may convene a meeting of the PC whenever he thinks fit.\n(5) The chairman must—\n(a) convene meetings of the PC so that it meets at least twice a year; and\n(b) convene a meeting whenever three members of the PC require him to do so.\n(6) The PC must secure—\n(a) that minutes are kept of the proceedings at every meeting of the PC; and\n(b) that copies of those minutes are sent to the Secretary of State.\n(7) The validity of proceedings of the PC is not to be affected by—\n(a) a vacancy in its membership; or\n(b) a defect in the appointment of a member.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 substituted (25.2.2010) by The Passengers’ Council (Non-Railway Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/439), art. 1, Sch. para. 9(7)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 15 in force at 24.7.2005 by S.I. 2005/1909, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/14/schedule/5/paragraph/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:06.853495+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."
}