Section 8, The Statistics Act, 2002

(1) The Council shall meet, for the dispatch of business at such time and place as the Chairman may decide but shall meet at least once every two months. No. 13 Statistics Act 2002 7 (2) The Chairman shall, at the request in writing of not less than eight members of the Council, call an extraordinary meeting of the Council at such time and place as he may determine. (3) The Chairman shall preside at the meetings of the Council and in his absence the members present shall elect one of their number to preside. (4) The Council may at any time co-opt any person to act as an adviser at its meeting but the person co-opted shall not be entitled to vote on any matter for decision by the Council. (5) A member of the Council who has any interest, whether direct or indirect in any matter being considered by the Council, shall disclose the nature of his interest to the Council and such disclosure shall be recorded in the minutes of the Council and such member shall not take part in any deliberation or decision of the Council relating to that matter; and a member who contravenes this subsection shall be guilty of misconduct and liable to be removed from the Council. (6) The quorum at a meeting of the Council shall be eight. (7) All questions proposed at a meeting of the Council shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present and where the votes are equal the Chairman or the person presiding shall have a casting vote. (8) Any proposal circulated among all members of the Council and agreed to in writing by a two-thirds majority of all such members shall be of the same force or effect as a decision made at a duly constituted meeting of the Council and shall be incorporated in the minutes of the next succeeding meeting of the Council: Provided that, if a member of the Council requires that such proposal be placed before a meeting of the Council, this section shall not apply to such proposal. 8 No. 13 Statistics Act 2002 (9) The Council shall cause minutes of all its meetings to be taken and signed by the Chairman and kept in the proper form. (10) Subject to this Act, the Council shall regulate the procedure at its meetings. [Margin: Committees of Council.]