(7) At all meetings of a committee each member present shall have one vote on each question before the committee: Provided that in the event of an equality of votes the chairperson or person presiding at the meeting shall have a casting vote in addition to his or her deliberative vote. (8) Subject to this paragraph, the procedure to be followed at any meeting of a committee shall be as fixed by the Commission. Minutes of proceedings of Commission and committees 9(1) The Commission shall cause minutes of all proceedings of and decisions taken at every meeting of the Commission 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 Commission 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. (3) The Commission and any committee of the Commission shall cause copies of all minutes that have been signed as provided in subparagraph (2) to be sent to the Minister for his or her information. Validity of decisions and acts of Commission and committees 10. No decision or act of the Commission or a committee or act that is authorised by the Commission or a committee shall be invalid solely because there was a vacancy in the membership of the Commission or the committee or because a disqualified person purported to act as a member of the Commission or the committee, as the case may be, at the time the decision was taken or the act was done or authorized. 20