(1) The Board shall meet monthly as far as practicable and at such other times as may be necessary or expedient for the transaction of business and in any event not less than 6 times per year and the meetings of the Board must be held at such places as the Chairperson shall determine.
(2) The Chairperson may, at any time, call a special meeting of the Board and shall cause a special meeting of the Board to be held within 7 days of a written request for that purpose addressed to the Chairperson by any 3 directors.
(3) The Chairperson and any other director are deemed to be present at a meeting of the Board if the Chairperson or the director participates by telephone, video link or satellite, and all directors participating in the meeting are able to hear and to speak to each other.
(4) At a meeting of the Board—
(a) the Chairperson shall preside; or
(b) if the Chairperson is not present, the Deputy Chairperson shall preside.
(5) A meeting of the Board is duly constituted for all purposes if, at the meeting, there is a quorum of not less than 5 directors participating in the meeting.
(6) Decisions of the Board are to be taken by a simple majority of votes of directors present and voting at the meeting.
(7) The Chairperson has an original vote and in cases of equal division the Chairperson has the casting vote.
(8) The Board may co-opt any person to attend any particular meeting of the Board at which it is proposed to deal with a particular matter, for the purpose of assisting or advising the Board, but a co-opted person does not have the right to vote.