(1) The Commission shall meet at such times as may be necessary or expedient for the transaction of business of the Commission.
(2) The meetings of the Commission shall be held at such places as the Chairperson shall determine.
(3) The Chairperson may at any time call a special meeting of the Commission and shall cause a special meeting to be held within 7 days of a written request for that purpose addressed to the Chairperson by any 3 commissioners.
(4) The Chairperson and any other commissioner shall be deemed to be present at a meeting of the Commission if the Chairperson or the other commissioner participates by telephone, video link or satellite, and all commissioners participating in the meeting are able to hear and to speak to each other.
(5) At a meeting of the Commission —
(a) the Chairperson shall preside; or
(b) if the Chairperson is not present, the Deputy Chairperson shall preside;
(c) if neither the Chairperson nor the Deputy Chairperson is present, the commissioners present shall choose one of their number to preside.
(6) A meeting of the Commission is duly constituted for all purposes if at the meeting there is a quorum of not less than 3 commissioners participating in the meeting.
(7) Decisions of the Commission shall be taken by a simple majority of votes of commissioners present and voting at the meeting.
(8) The Chairperson shall have an original vote and in cases of equal division the Chairperson shall have the casting vote.
(9) The Commission may co-opt any person to attend any particular meeting of the Commission at which it is proposed to deal with a particular matter, for the purpose of assisting or advising the Commission, but a co-opted person shall not have the right to vote.
(10) Minutes of each meeting of the Commission shall be recorded and kept by the Secretary to the Commission appointed under section 14.