(1) The Board shall meet at least once in every month at the times and places that it may determine.

(2) A special meeting of the Board may be called by the Director in consultation with the chairman or at the instance of the Minister or the President.

(3) The chairman shall preside at the meeting of the Board, and in the absence of the chairman a member appointed by the members present shall preside.

(4) The quorum of a meeting of the Board is four.

(5) The Board may co-opt a person to attend and participate in any of its meetings but a person so co-opted is not entitled to vote on an issue for decision by the Board.

(6) The validity of a proceeding of the Board shall not be affected by a defect in the appointment of a member.

(7) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board shall regulate its own procedure.

(8) At a meeting of the Board, where there is an equality of votes on a matter falling for decision, the chairman or person presiding is entitled to a casting vote.