Professional and Technical Surveyors' Act, 1984 (Act No. 40 of 1984)16. Meetings of education advisory committee and rules of procedure |
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| (a) | The first meeting of the education advisory committee shall be held at such time and place as the Minister may determine and all subsequent meetings shall be held at such times and places as the chairman of that committee may determine: Provided that the committee shall meet at least once in every year. |
| (b) | The chairman or, if he is not available or there is no chairman, the president of the council may at any time and shall, when requested thereto by the council or by not less than four members of the education advisory committee, call a special meeting of the education advisory committee to be held at such time within one month after the date of such request and at such place as the chairman or president, as the case may be, may determine. |
| (2) | Seven members of the education committee shall form a quorum for any meeting thereof. |
| (3) | The decision of a majority of the members of the education advisory committee present at any meeting thereof shall constitute a decision of that committee, and in the event of an equality of votes, the person presiding at the meeting shall have a casting vote in addition to his deliberative vote. |
| (4) | The education advisory committee may determine the procedure at its meetings. |
| (5) | A resolution of the education advisory committee contained in a writing and signed by at least two-thirds of the members of the committee shall be valid although no meeting was held to pass that resolution. |