(1) The Board shall ordinarily meet for the despatch of business at such times and at such places as the Board may determine but shall meet at least once every month.

(2) A special meeting of the Board shall be called within seven days upon a written request signed by the Chairman or by five members of the Board addressed to the Secretary of the Trust.

(3) At every meeting of the Board at which he is present the Chairman shall preside and in his absence a member of the Board elected by the members from among themselves shall preside.

(4) Questions proposed at a meeting of the Board shall be determined by a simple majority of the members present and voting and in the event of any equality of votes the person presiding shall have a second or casting vote.

(5) The quorum at any meeting shall be seven including either the Chairman or the Director-General.

(6) The Board may, at any time co-opt any person or persons to act as an adviser or advisers at any of its meetings except that no person so co-opted shall be entitled to vote at any such meeting on any matter for decision by the Board.

(7) The validity of any proceedings of the Board shall not be affected by any vacancy among its members or by any defect in the appointment of any of them except that the defect affects the quorum.

(8) Any member of the Board who has any interest in any company or undertaking with which the Trust proposes to make any contract or who has any interest in any contract which the Trust proposes to make shall disclose in writing to the Board the nature of his interest and shall, unless the Board otherwise directs, be disqualified from participating in the deliberations of the Board on the contract and shall in any case be disqualified from voting in any decision of the Board on such contract, and any member who infringes the provisions of this subsection shall be liable to be removed from the Board.

(9) The Board shall cause to be recorded and kept minutes of all proceedings of its meetings.