Cap.22:23 Pusuc PRocuREMENT AND DISPOSAL OF Pusuc AssETS (a) (b) No. 512017 may convene a special meeting of the Board at any time; and shall convene a special meeting of the Board on the written request of the Minister or not fewer than two members, which meeting shall be convened for a date not sooner than seven days and not later than thirty days after the chairperson's receipt of the request. (3) Written notice of a special meeting convened in terms of subparagraph (2) shall be sent to each member not later than forty-eight hours before the meeting and shall specify the business for which the meeting has been convened. ( 4) No business shall be discussed at a special meeting convened in terms of subparagraph (2) other than( a) such business as may be determined by the chairperson of the Board, where he or she convened the meeting in terms of subparagraph (2)(a); or (b) the business specified in the request for the meeting, where the chairperson of the Board convened the meeting in terms of subparagraph (2)(b). (5) The chairperson of the Board or, in his or her absence, the vice-chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the Board: Provided that, if the chairperson and vice-chairperson are both absent from any meeting of the Board, the members present may elect one of their number to preside at that meeting as chairperson. (6) Six members shall form a quorum at any meeting of the Board. (7) Subject to subparagraph ( 12), anything authorised or required to be done by the Board may be decided by a majority vote at any meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present. (8) With the Board's approval, the chairperson of the Board may invite any person to attend a meeting of the Board or of a committee, where the chairperson considers that the person has special knowledge or experience in any matter to be considered by the Board or the committee, as the case may be, at that meeting. (9) A person invited to attend a meeting of the Board or of a committee may take part in the proceedings of the Board or the committee as if he or she were a member thereof, but shall not have a vote on any question before the Board or committee, as the case may be. (10) The Chief Executive Officer may take part in meetings of the Board as if he or she were a member, but shall have no vote on any matter to be decided by the Board: Provided that(i) the Board may, for good cause, request the Chief Executive Officer to withdraw from any meeting of the Board, but if it does so it shall cause such withdrawal to be noted in the minutes of the meeting; (ii) the Chief Executive Officer shall not take part in the discussion of any question before the Board which involves his or her tenure of office or conditions of service. ( 11) Subject to paragraph 10, at all meetings of the Board each member present shall have one vote on any question before the Board and, in the event of an equality of votes, the person presiding at the meeting shall have a casting vote in addition to a deliberative vote. ( 12) Any proposal circulated among all members and agreed to in writing by a majority of them shall have the same effect as a resolution passed by a duly constituted 103