Procedure at meetings of Council
6.—(1)  The President or, in his absence, one of the Vice-Presidents as determined by the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Council.
(2)  Where the President and both the Vice-Presidents are absent at a meeting, the Council members present shall elect one of the Board members to preside at the meeting.
(3)  The quorum for —
(a)an annual general meeting under regulation 2; or
(b)an extraordinary general meeting under regulation 3,
shall be one-third of the total number of full Council members.
(4)  Where the quorum referred to in paragraph (3) is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place.
(5)  If at the adjourned meeting referred to in paragraph (4) a quorum is not present within half an hour from the appointed time, the full Council members present shall form a quorum.
(6)  The quorum for an extraordinary general meeting under regulation 4 shall be one-half of the total number of full Council members.
(7)  Where the quorum referred to in paragraph (6) is not present at the time appointed for the extraordinary general meeting, the requisition for that meeting shall be annulled and the same, or substantially the same, resolution shall not be proposed at any other meeting during the same financial year of the Council.
(8)  Except for the election of Board members under section 5 of the Act, every question arising at any meeting of the Council shall be decided by a simple majority of the Board members and full Council members present and voting.
(9)  Subject to section 7 of the Act, each Board member and each full Council member present at a meeting of the Council shall have one vote, and in the case of an equality of votes, the person presiding at the meeting shall have a second or casting vote.