Decisions outside meetings
12.—(1)  The Public Entertainment Appeal Board may, if it thinks fit, transact any business, including making a decision, by circulation of papers (including by electronic mail) among all members.
(2)  A decision in writing made by a simple majority of the members for the time being entitled to take part in the decision, is a decision of the Public Entertainment Appeal Board, and is valid as if it had been made at a meeting of the Board duly convened and held.
(3)  For the purpose of a decision under this rule —
(a)the chairperson may stipulate a period of time within which the decision may be made;
(b)the chairperson and each member have the same voting rights as they have at any meeting of the Public Entertainment Appeal Board;
(c)separate copies of the decision in writing may be distributed for signing by the members if the wording of the decision is identical in each copy; and
(d)the Board’s decision is made when the last member required for the simple majority signs and delivers his or her decision to the secretary.