Cap. 557 Art. 7Quorum, voting and procedure.

(1) A simple majority of members of the Council or of the Advisory Working Groups shall constitute a quorum:

Provided that when the Council meets in respect of the implementation of the Autism State Support Plan referred to in article 11, a simple majority of members of the Council being either representatives of monitoring entities for the purposes of this Act or the Chairperson of the Council shall constitute a quorum.

(2) The Council shall act by a majority vote of its serving members present and voting. In the case of equality of votes, the Chairperson shall have the right to exercise the casting vote. Following the vote, the Chairperson shall present to the Minister all reports related to the said vote including any minority reports if any.

(3) The Council shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, aforesaid to members.