Cap. 25:27 Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education Act No. 1/2006 Remuneration and allowances of members of Council and committees 8. Every member of the Council or of a committee shall be paid(a) such remuneration, if any; and (b) such allowances to meet his or her reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the business of the Council or the committee, as the case may be; as the Council may fix with the approval of the Minister. Disclosure of interests by members of Council and committees 9.(1) In this section"associate", in relation to a member, means(a) a person who is related to the member by blood or marriage; or (b) a partner, employee or employer of the member; or (c) any body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporated, of which the member is a director or in which the member holds any office or position other than that of an auditor or in which the members holds a controlling interest. (2) A member shall take no part in the consideration or discussion of, or vote on, any question before the Council which relates to any matter in which he or she or his or her associate has an interest. (3) Nothing in this section shall be taken to prevent members of the Council or of a committee of the Council from taking part in the consideration of, or voting on, any matter that affects members generally in their capacity as persons liable to pay revenue. (4) Any person who contravenes subparagraph (2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level four or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. Minutes of proceedings of Council and committees 10.(1) The Council shall cause minutes of all proceedings of and decisions taken at every meeting of the Council and of every committee to be entered in books kept for the purpose. (2) Any minutes referred to in subparagraph (1) which purport to be signed by the person presiding at the meeting to which the minutes relate or by the person presiding at the next following meeting of the Council or the committee concerned, as the case may be, shall be accepted for all purposes as prima facie evidence of the proceedings and decisions taken at the meeting concerned. Validity of decisions and acts of Council and committees 11. No decision or act of the Council or a committee or act that is authorised by the Council or a committee shall be invalid solely because there was a vacancy in the membership of the Council or the committee or because a disqualified person purported to act as a member of the Council or the committee, as the case may be, at the time the decision was taken or the act was done or authorised. - 22 -