(3) Every summons and notice issued under the hand of the secretary to the Council to any person shall be deemed to be issued by the Council.
(4) The Council may, subject to the provisions of this Part, regulate its own procedure.
(5) The Council shall not transact any business unless a quorum of not less than half of its members, including the chairman or member presiding, is present.
(6) The chairman, if present, shall preside at all meetings of the Council.
(7) Where the office of chairman is vacant or the chairman for any reason is unable to attend a meeting, such other member as the members present shall elect shall preside at the meeting.
Validity of Council’s actions
156.—(1) The Council may, subject to section 155(5), transact its business notwithstanding any vacancy among its members.
(2) The proceedings or any decision of the Council shall be valid notwithstanding any defect in the appointment of its members or that some person who was not entitled to do so took part in its proceedings.
Committee of Assessors for making exclusion orders
157.—(1) For the purpose of hearing and determining an application for a family exclusion order under section 158 or of making an exclusion order under section 165, the chairman of the Council shall, from time to time, constitute a Committee of Assessors consisting of—
- (a) a chairman, being a member of the Council; and
- (b) 2 other members selected from the panel of assessors appointed under subsection (2).
(2) For the purpose of enabling a Committee to be constituted under subsection (1), there shall be a panel of assessors, the members of which shall be appointed by the Council.
(3) The panel shall consist of such number of persons as the Council may determine.
