s.12Meetings of Immigration Appeals Tribunal
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Section 12Part 2 — Administration

Meetings of Immigration Appeals Tribunal

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The Immigration Appeals Tribunal shall meet at least once in every calendar month and upon such other occasions as, in the opinion of the Chairman, may be necessary or desirable in the public interest.
Any member of the Immigration Appeals Tribunal who, without obtaining the prior written permission of the Chairman, is absent from more than two out of five consecutive meetings of that Tribunal shall cease to be a member of the Tribunal.
In the temporary absence of the Chairman or in the event of his inability to act, the deputy Chairman shall act as Chairman and exercise all the powers and functions of Chairman.
At every meeting of the Immigration Appeals Tribunal —
it shall reach its decisions by a majority of the votes of members present and voting;
the Chairman or presiding member shall have no original but only a casting vote; and
three members present shall form a quorum.
Where a member of the Immigration Appeals Tribunal has a personal or pecuniary interest, direct or indirect, in any matter which is to be determined by the Immigration Appeals Tribunal, he shall, if present at the meeting at which such matter is to be determined, as soon as possible after the commencement thereof, disclose the fact and leave the meeting.
Subject to subsections (1) to (5) and to section 19, the Immigration Appeals Tribunal shall have power to regulate its own procedure.

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