12(1)Subject to anything in regulations made by the Secretary of State under this Act, the Board may regulate its own proceedings.S
(2)The Board may make such arrangements as it considers appropriate for the discharge of its functions, including the delegation of specified functions.
(3)Committees may be appointed and may be dissolved by the Board, and may include, or consist entirely of, persons who are not members of the Board.
(4)A committee shall act in accordance with such directions as the Board may from time to time give, and the Board may provide for anything done by a committee to have effect as if it had been done by the Board.
(5)The validity of any proceedings of the Board or of any committee appointed by the Board shall not be affected by any vacancy among its members or by any defect in the appointment of any member.