(1) The Board shall meet at such times as may be necessary or expedient for the transaction of business and such meetings shall be held at such place and time and on such days as the Board may determine.
(2) The chairperson may at any time call a special meeting of the Board and shall call a special meeting within 7 days of a requisition for that purpose addressed to the chairperson by any 3 members to consider the matters contained in such requisition.
(3) The chairperson shall call a special meeting of the Board if directed by the Minister to do so.
(4) The quorum for a meeting of the Board shall be a simple majority including the chairperson.
(5) A decision of the Board with regard to a question must be determined by a vote of the majority of the members present at the meeting and, when the votes of the members present in regard to a question are equally divided, the chairperson presiding at the meeting shall have a casting vote in addition to his or her own vote. (Substituted by Act 18 of 2018)
(6) Minutes of the proceedings of each meeting of the Board shall be kept in such manner as the Board may determine and shall be confirmed by the chairperson as soon as practicable thereafter at a subsequent meeting.
(7) The Board may co-opt any one or more persons to attend any particular meeting for the purpose of assisting or advising the Board, but no such co-opted person shall have any right to vote.
(8) A member appointed to the Board who absents himself or herself without the leave of the chairperson from 3 consecutive meetings of the Board shall cease to be a member.
(9) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Board shall have power to regulate its own proceedings.