Section 7: Proceedings, etc., of the Committee.

(1) The Committee shall meet for the conduct of its business at such times, places and on such days as the Committee may appoint.
(2) The chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Committee but if he is absent from any meeting of the Committee the members present shall elect one of their number to preside at that meeting.
(3) During the chairman's absence or if the chairman is otherwise not available or is unable to perform his functions, the President may appoint any member of the Committee to act as chairman for any specified period.
(4) The quorum for meetings of the Committee shall be seven.
(5) Questions put before the Committee at a meeting shall be decided by consensus and, where this is not possible, by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting.
(6) The chairman shall in the case of an equality of votes have a casting vote in addition to his deliberative vote.
(7) Subject to this section, the Committee shall have power to regulate its proceedings and may make standing orders with respect to the holding of meetings, the notice to be given, the procedure thereat, the keeping of minutes of such proceedings and the custody and production for inspection of such minutes.
(8) The validity of any proceedings of the Committee shall not be affected by any vacancy in its membership or any defect in the appointment of a member or by reason that a person not entitled to do so took part in the proceedings.