SCHEDULE 1The Homes and Communities Agency
Procedure and members' interests
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(1)
The HCA may, subject to any directions given by the Secretary of State, decide—
(a)
its own procedure, and
(b)
the procedure of any of its committees or sub-committees.
(2)
Subject to this, a committee may decide the procedure of any of its sub-committees.
(3)
Subject as above, a committee or sub-committee may decide its own procedure.
(4)
In this paragraph “procedure” includes quorum.
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The validity of proceedings of the HCA, or of any of its committees or sub-committees, is not affected by—
(a)
any vacancy,
(b)
any defective appointment, or
(c)
any contravention of—
(i)
directions given as mentioned in paragraph 7(1), or
(ii)
paragraph 9.
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(1)
A member of the HCA who is directly or indirectly interested in any matter arising at a meeting of the HCA must disclose the nature of that interest to the meeting.
(2)
A member of a committee or sub-committee of the HCA who is directly or indirectly interested in any matter arising at a meeting of the committee or sub-committee must disclose the nature of that interest to the meeting.
(3)
In the case of a matter disclosed under this paragraph by a member of the HCA or of a committee or sub-committee, the member—
(a)
must not take part in any deliberation or decision about the matter if it is a contract or agreement of any description, but
(b)
may otherwise take part in any deliberation or decision about the matter unless at least one-third of the other members at the meeting decide that the interest disclosed might prejudicially affect the member's consideration of the matter.