Government Gazette 29 December 2004 No.3361 Act No. 27, 2004 (b) 11 NATIONAL HERITAGE ACT, 2004 may at any time convene a special meeting of the Council. (4) The Chairperson or, in the absence of the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson, must preside at a meeting of the Council. (5) If neither the Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson are present at a meeting the members present must elect a member to preside at that meeting. (6) At a meeting of the Council (a) a majority of the members of the Council forms a quorum; (b) all questions are decided by a majority of votes ofthe members present and voting; and (c) the member presiding has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, also a casting vote. ­ (7) The Council may invite any person who has expert knowledge of a matter before the Council for determination to attend the meeting and take part in discussions in relation to that matter, but that person has no vote. (8) An act or decision of the Council is not invalid only because of a defect or irregularity in or in connection with the appointment of a member of the Council. (9) The Council ­ (a) may regulate its own proceedings; (b) must cause minutes of proceedings Council to be kept. and and decisions at each meeting of the Committees 12. (1) The Council may establish one or more committees ­ (a) consisting solely of members of the Council, to carry out any functions of the Council delegated or assigned to it by the Council; or (b) consisting of members only, or members and other persons as the Council may determine, to investigate and make recommendations to the Council on any matter referred to it by the Council. (2) The Council must designate a member of the Council to be the chairperson of a committee. (3) The Chairperson of the Council may attend a meeting of a committee of which he or she is not a member and may take part and vote in the proceedings thereof as if he or she were appointed as a member thereof. (4) The Council may at any time dissolve or reconstitute ~ committee. (5) The Council is not divested or relieved from a power or duty which has been delegated or assigned to a committee. (6) A decision of a committee in the exercise of a power delegated to it is subject to approval by the Council, and the Council may at any time vary or set aside the decision.