37 Committee may be decided by a majority vote at any meeting of the Committee at which a quorum is present. (8) With the approval of the other members, the chairperson may invite any person to attend a meeting of the Committee or of a subcommittee, where the chairperson considers that the person has special knowledge or experience in any matter to be considered by the Committee or the subcommittee, as the case may be, at that meeting. (9) A person invited to attend a meeting of the Committee or of a subcommittee in terms of subparagraph (8) may take part in the proceedings of the Committee concerned or the subcommittee as if he or she were a member thereof, but shall not have a vote on any question before the Committee or subcommittee, as the case may be. (10) At all meetings of the Committee each member present shall have one vote on any question before the Committee: Provided that— (i) 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; (ii) no member shall take part in the consideration or discussion of, or vote on, any question before the Committee which relates to his or her vacation of office as a member. Subcommittees of Committee 10.(1) For the better exercise of its functions, the Committee may establish one or more subcommittees in which it may vest such of its functions as it thinks fit: Provided that the vesting of a function in a subcommittee shall not prevent the Committee from itself exercising that function, and the Committee may amend or rescind any decision of the subcommittee in the exercise of that function. (2) On the establishment of a subcommittee the Committee may appoint to the subcommittee persons who are not members of the Committee. (3) The chairperson of the Committee or of a subcommittee may at any reasonable time and place convene a meeting of that subcommittee. (4) The procedure of the subcommittee shall be as fixed from time to time by the Committee. (5) Subject to this paragraph, subparagraphs (2) to (7) of paragraph 9 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to subcommittees and their members as they apply to the Committee and its members. Members of Committee and subcommittees to disclose certain connections and interests 11.(1) In this paragraph— “relative”, in relation to a member of the Committee or of a subcommittee, means the member’s spouse, child, parent, brother or sister. (2) If a member of the Committee or of a subcommittee, or a relative of such a member, owns any property or has a right in property or a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a