3.—(1) Subject to the following sub-paragraphs, any questions that are to be decided by the Combined Authority are to be decided by a majority of the members and substitute members, acting in place of members, present and voting on that question at a meeting of the Combined Authority.
(2) No business shall be transacted at a meeting of the Combined Authority unless at least three members or substitute members appointed by the constituent councils are present.
(3) Each member, or substitute member acting in that member’s place, is to have one vote and no member or substitute member is to have a casting vote.
(4) If a vote is tied on any matter it shall be deemed not to have been carried.
(5) Members appointed by the non-constituent council or appointed from the Local Enterprise Partnership shall be non-voting members of the Combined Authority.
(6) The proceedings of the Combined Authority shall not be invalidated by any vacancy among its members or substitute members or by any defect in the appointment or qualifications of any member or substitute member.