Section 27: Special provisions as to certain statutory bodies.

(1) Where a body established by an enactment comprises three or more persons, then-
(a) any act which the body is authorised or required to do may be done in the name of the body by a majority of those persons or of a quorum of them; and
(b)
in any vote taken at a meeting of the body the person presiding when the vote is ordered shall have a casting vote, whether or not he also has a deliberative vote.
[1997 No.13.]
(2) Without prejudice to subsection (1) of this section, where a body established by an enactment comprises three or more persons and is empowered to make subsidiary instruments, any such instrument may be executed under the hand of any two of the members thereof as may be authorised by such body generally for that purpose or specially on any particular occasion.