Water Research Act, 1971 (Act No. 34 of 1971)7. Meetings of commission |
| (1) | The first meeting of the commission shall be held at a time and place to be determined by its chairman, and thereafter meetings of the commission shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (2), be held at such times and places as the commission may determine. |
| (2) | The chairman of the commission may at any time call a special meeting of the commission, and shall call such a meeting within fourteen days after receipt of a request therefore by the Minister. |
| (3) | Four members of the commission shall form a quorum for any meeting of the commission. |
| (4) | The chairman, or in his absence the vice-chairman, of the commission shall preside at all meetings thereof at which he is present, and if both the chairman and the vice-chairman are absent from any meeting, the members present shall elect one of their number to preside at such meeting. |
| (5) | The decision of a majority of the members of the commission present at any meeting thereof shall be the decision of the commission, and in the event of an equality of votes on any matter before such a meeting, the person presiding at such meeting shall have a casting vote in addition to his deliberative vote. |
| (6) | A member of the commission (including a co-opted member) shall not be present at or take part in the discussion of or vote upon any matter before the commission, in which he or his spouse or his partner or employer or the partner or employer of his spouse has, directly or indirectly, any pecuniary interest, unless— |
| (a) | he has previously in writing informed the commission of such interest; and |
| (b) | the commission has approved that he may be so present or so take part or so vote. |