6 10 Filling of vacancies on Board On the death of, or the vacation of office by, a member, the Minister shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy in accordance with subsection (1) of section five. 11 Meetings and procedure of Board (1) The Board shall hold its first meeting on such date and at such place as the Minister may fix and thereafter the Board of shall meet for the dispatch of business and adjourn, close and otherwise regulate its meetings and procedure as it thinks fit: Provided that a meeting of the Board shall be held not less than six times in each financial year of the Authority. (2) The chairman of the Board— (a) may at any time convene a special meeting of the Board; and (b) shall convene a special meeting of the Board on the written request of— (i) the Minister, within such period as the Minister may specify; or (ii) not fewer than two members, not later than fourteen days after his receipt of such request. (3) Written notice of any special meeting convened in terms of subsection (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 subsection (2) other than— (a) such business as may be determined by the chairman of the Board, where he has convened the meeting in terms of paragraph (a) of that subsection; or (b) the business specified in the request for the meeting, where he has convened the meeting in terms of paragraph (b) of that subsection. (5) The chairman, or in his absence, the deputy chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board: Provided that, if the chairman and the deputy chairman are both absent from a meeting of the Board, the members present may elect one of their number to preside at that meeting as chairman. (6) Seven members shall form a quorum at any meeting of the Board. (7) All acts, matters or things authorized or required to be done by the Board may be decided by a majority vote at a meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present. (8) Subject to section fourteen, at all meetings of the Board each member present shall have one vote on each question before the Board and, in the event of an equality of votes, the chairman shall have a casting vote in addition to a deliberative vote. (9) Any proposal circulated among all members and agreed to in writing by a majority of all members shall have the same effect as a resolution passed at a duly constituted meeting of the Board and shall be incorporated in the minutes of the next succeeding meeting of the Board: Provided that, if a member requires that such proposal be placed before a meeting of the Board, this subsection shall not apply to such proposal. 12 Committees of Board (1) For the better exercise of its functions, the Board may establish one or more committees and vest in the committees such of its functions as it thinks fit: Provided that the vesting of any functions in a committee shall not divest the Board of those functions in relation to any matter that has not been decided by the committee. (2) Where it has established a committee, the Board— (a) shall appoint at least one member of the Board to be a member of the committee and shall designate that member, or one of those members, as the case may be, to be chairman of the committee; and