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Railway Safety Act, 2024 (Act No. 30 of 2024)Chapter 2 : Railway Safety Regulator17. Meetings of board |
| (1) | The board holds meetings at such times and places as the chairperson determines. |
| (2) | The chairperson or any three board members may, at any time, call a special meeting of the board, to be held at the time and place determined by the chairperson if that special meeting is called by the chairperson, or within 14 days at the board’s usual meeting place if the special meeting is called by three board members. |
| (3) | All board members must be notified of every meeting of the board. |
| (4) | A majority of the board members appointed at any time, forms a quorum of the board, but if, for any meeting, there is no quorum, the meeting is adjourned to a date not more than 14 days later, at which meeting the majority of the members present constitute a quorum. |
| (5) | Subject to subsection (4), a decision of the majority of the board members present at a meeting of the board constitutes a decision of the board, but in the event of an equality of votes on any matter, the chairperson of the relevant meeting has a casting vote in addition to his or her deliberative vote. |
| (6) | A decision taken by the board or an act performed under its authority, is not invalid merely by reason of— |
| (a) | a vacancy on the board; or |
| (b) | a person who was not entitled to sit as a board member at the time that the decision was taken, as long as the decision was taken or the act was authorised by the required majority of board members present at the meeting who were entitled to sit as board members. |
| (7) | No person, other than a board member or a person rendering secretarial services to the board, may be present during a board meeting, unless he or she was invited by the board to attend a specific part of the meeting and for a specific purpose. |
| (8) | The board must develop and maintain a board profile to ensure that there is a thorough understanding of the environment in which the Regulator operates and the competencies required by the board as a whole, and to identify any gaps in those competencies. |
| (9) | The board, subject to applicable law, determines its own procedures and rules. |
