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the Authority
may direct:
Provided that the Authority shall meet for the transaction of business at least once every
three months:
Provided further that the Chairman shall convene a special meeting after receiving written
requests to that effect signed by at least two members, and if the Chairman fails to convene a
special meeting within seven days of receipt of such request, any two members may jointly
convene the special meeting.
(2) The quorum for any meeting of the Authority shall be a majority of the total number of
members.
(3) The Chairman shall preside at any meeting of the Authority and, in his absence, the
members present shall elect one of their number to preside at the meeting.
(4) Subject to subparagraph (2), a decision of the Authority at any meeting shall be that of
the majority of the members present at the meeting and, in the event of an equality of votes,
the person presiding shall have the casting vote in addition to his deliberative vote.
(5) No member of the Authority shall attend a meeting of the Authority by representation.
(6) The Authority may, at its discretion, allow members of the public to attend any of its
meetings.
(7) Subject to this Act, the Authority shall have power to determine its own procedure.
4. —(1) The Authority may, for the purpose of performing its functions under this Act,
establish one or more committees and delegate to any such committee such of its functions as
it considers necessary.
Committees of
the Authority
(2) The Authority may invite any person to attend any of the meetings of its committees and
such person shall be entitled to participate in the deliberations of the meetings but shall not
have the right to vote;
(3) The Chairman of every committee shall be a person who is a member of the Authority;
(4) The Chairman of the Authority shall, by reason of his office, be a member of every
committee of the Authority.
(5) A member of a committee of the Authority may be paid from the funds of the Authority
such allowance as the Authority may determine.
(6) Subject to the general or special directions of the Authority and to the provisions of this
Act, every committee of the Authority shall have power to determine its own procedure.
SECOND SCHEDULE
CODE OF CONDUCT FOR TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATORS
Entry upon
and construc
tion of lines
across land
s. 24 (2)
1. —(1) A telecommunication operator may, for the purposes of the provision of
telecommunication services in accordance with its licence, enter upon any land, including any
road, footpath or other land reserved for public purposes, and construct and maintain a
telecommunication facility upon, over or under any such land, and alter or remove the same,