Section 23Part 3 — The Board
Procedure and meetings
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The Chair shall summon regular meetings of the Board as often as may be required but not less than six times in any one year.
Meetings of the Board shall be held at such places on such days, and at such times as the Chair shall determine, and due notice of such place, date and time shall be given to each Member in writing at least seven days before the time at which the meeting is to be held.
The Chair or Deputy Chair may at any time, in accordance with this Act, call a special meeting of the Board within two days of receipt of request for that purpose addressed to the Chair in writing and signed by any two Members.
At every meeting of the Board a quorum shall consist of a simple majority of the voting members.
The Chief Executive Officer shall have no right to vote at meetings of the Board and the non-executive members shall each have one vote.
The decisions of the Board shall be adopted by a simple majority of the votes of the members present and voting except that in the case of an equality of votes the Chair shall have a second or casting vote.
When considering decisions on regulatory issues including regulatory measures, the Board shall have due regard to the advice and recommendations of the executive members.
In the event that a decision is taken by round robin, the majority rule applies, but the decisions shall be confirmed and entered into the minutes of the next meeting of the Board.
The decisions of the Board and the reasons for those decisions shall be recorded in the minutes and kept by the Secretary.
Decisions, resolutions, orders, policies and rules, made by the Board, which affect members of the public, shall be published in the Gazette, on a website or in a newspaper of the Islands.
The Board may decide its own procedures, except so far as its procedures are prescribed by this Act.