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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 94.07
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 
STANDING ORDERS 
18th December, 1959
LEGAL NOTICE 87 of 1959.
Title.
Committee Standing Orders.
Below quorum.
appointed for the meeting, all matters on the agenda shall stand
over until the next meeting and shall be dealt with before all other
matters appearing on the agenda of that meeting.
Ordinary and 
special meetings.
3. (1) Ordinary meetings of the Hospital Management
Committee, hereinafter referred to as "the Committee", are to be
convened by the Chairman. Notice of the meeting is to be given
two clear days before the date of the meeting. 
(2) Any five members may request in writing that a special
meeting be held, provided that they set forth the object for which
the meeting is required. The meeting thus applied for shall be held
within two days of the receipt of such request.
(3) Special meetings shall also be held when the Chairman
considers that there are urgent matters to be dealt with before the
next ordinary meeting.
Proceedings of the 
Committee.
4. (1) All proceedings of the Committee shall be kept in
minute form and regularly filed.
(2) The minutes of a meeting shall be read to the Committee at
the next meeting and shall be signed by the Chairman as confirmed
or amended.
(3) Minutes shall be accessible to all members at any time
during office hours.
(4) Views expressed by members during sittings shall be
confidential. Conclusions and decisions shall be confidential when
the Committee decides that they should be so.
5.   When the matter being discussed concerns individuals:
( a ) no member shall take part in the discussion or vote on
any question in which he is personally interested or on
any question in which the person concerned is related
to him by consanguinity to the fourth degree (that is,
who is his first cousin or more closely related by
blood) or by affinity to the second degree (that is, who
is his nephew or niece or more closely related by
marriage), or of whom he is a tutor, curator, or
guardian in fact;
( b ) the Chairman or any other member who is aware of
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any of the reasons specified in paragraph ( a ) shall
draw the attention of the Committee to it, as soon as
may be;
( c ) voting shall be by secret ballot if any member so
requests.
Voting. 6. When a vote is being taken no member may leave the
meeting but no member shall be compelled to vote.
Agenda. 7. (1) The agenda for any ordinary meeting shall be sent to
each member at least two clear days before the date of the meeting.
In special cases of urgency the Committee may, however, consider
a question which was not in the agenda if no objection is raised by
any member present.
(2) Any decision or any special case of urgency not appearing
on the agenda shall be valid only if the number of members voting
in its favour exceeds half the number of all the members
constituting the Committee.
Adjournment of 
meetings. 
8. (1) The Committee may adjourn a meeting to any day or
hour (as it thinks fit), but the first business to be transacted at the
adjourned meeting shall be that appearing on the agenda paper but
not disposed of at the original meeting.
(2) An amendment to the motion for adjournment may be
moved to vary the day or hour of the adjourned meeting.
(3) When the meeting of the Committee is adjourned to more
than twenty-four hours ahead, notice of the adjourned meeting shall
be sent to each member, specifying the business to be transacted.
Sub-Committees. 9. (1) The Committee may appoint as it deems necessary
special sub-committees or standing sub-committes to study, advise
and report on matters referred to them by the Committee.
(2) Such sub-committees will submit their reports in writing to
the Chairman of the Committee stating the reasons for their
recommendations. All proceedings and reports of such sub-
Committees shall be confidential.
(3) The Chairman shall submit such reports for the
consideration and decision of the Committee, as soon as may be.
