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Article 51 Proceedings of Visiting Committees

(1)

The Visiting Committee of a short-term holding facility must meet—

(a)

once a month, or

(b)

if they resolve for reasons specified in the resolution that less frequent meetings are sufficient, not fewer than eight times in 12 months.

(2)

The committee may fix a quorum of not fewer than three members for proceedings.

(3)

The committee must keep minutes of their proceedings.

(4)

The proceedings of the committee are not invalidated by a vacancy in the membership or a defect in the appointment of a member.