Paragraph 15

Scotland

At any meeting of a board or of a committee appointed under this Schedule, each member shall have one vote:

Provided that in the event of an equality of votes—

(a)

as to the appointment of the chairman of a board, the matter shall be decided by lot, and

(b)

in regard to any other matter, the chairman or other member presiding at the meeting shall have a casting vote as well as a deliberative vote.

Notes on Schedule 8

F1: Sch. 8 repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1)(2), Sch. 13 para. 119(58), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)(d), Sch. 2