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CAP. 385]

Regional Council

[1986 Ed.

Acts of the Regional Council.

Quorum.

Validity of acts of the Regional Council.

Appointment of committees and sub-committees.

Delegation of powers.

committee, the committee shall be deemed to have been duly constituted and to have had power to deal with the matters referred to in the minutes.

34. (1) All questions coming or arising before a meeting of the Regional Council shall be decided by a majority of the members present and voting thereon.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall limit the discretion of the Regional Council or any committee to determine any matter by circulating papers, and any papers so circulated may assume the agreement of the Regional Council or such committee to any matter unless a member notifies his disagreement within such time as may be specified in such papers.

35. (1) At any meeting of the Regional Council 9 members shall be a quorum.

(2) The quorum for any committee of the Regional Council appointed under section 37(1) shall be laid down in standing orders of the Regional Council.

36. The proceedings of the Regional Council or of a committee thereof shall not be invalidated by any vacancy among their number, or by any defect in the election or qualification of any member thereof.

37. (1) The Regional Council may, for the better discharge of its functions under this Ordinance, appoint committees which may include persons who are not members of the Regional Council.

(2) The Regional Council shall appoint one of its members to be chairman of any committee appointed under subsection (1).

(3) A committee appointed under this section may, for the better discharge of its functions, appoint sub-committees which may include persons who are not members of the Regional Council or of that committee.

(4) The Regional Council may co-opt to any committee—
(a) the Director of Regional Services;
(b) with the consent of the Director of Regional Services, any officer of the Regional Services Department;
(c) with the consent of the Chief Secretary, any other public officer,

and any person so co-opted shall serve on such committee.

(5) Every person appointed to any committee who is not a member of the Regional Council and every public officer co-opted to serve on any committee shall be a member thereof for the purposes of voting and determining a quorum.

38. (1) Subject to subsection (4) the Regional Council may by resolution delegate any of its powers and functions to any member of the Regional Council or to any committee of the Regional Council or to any member of any such committee or to any public officer.