8   Procedure

(1)  The procedure for the calling of meetings of the Committee and for the conduct of business at those meetings shall, subject to this Act, be as determined by the Committee.

(2)  The Clerk of the Legislative Assembly shall call the first meeting of the Committee in each Parliament in such manner as the Clerk thinks fit.

(3)  At a meeting of the Committee, 4 members constitute a quorum, but the Committee shall meet as a joint committee at all times.

(4)  The Chair or, in the absence of the Chair, the Deputy Chair or, in the absence of both the Chair and the Deputy Chair, a member of the Committee elected to chair the meeting by the members present shall preside at a meeting of the Committee.

(5)  The Deputy Chair or other member presiding at a meeting of the Committee shall, in relation to the meeting, have all the functions of the Chair.

(6)  The Chair, Deputy Chair or other member presiding at a meeting of the Committee shall have a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, shall also have a casting vote.

(7)  A question arising at a meeting of the Committee shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting.

(8)  The Committee may sit and transact business despite any prorogation of the Houses of Parliament or any adjournment of either House of Parliament.

(9)  The Committee may sit and transact business on a sitting day of a House of Parliament during the time of the sitting.