SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Constitution and Proceedings etc. of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Proceedings
19
The quorum of each body, and the arrangements for its meetings, shall be such as the body in question may determine.
20
1
A member of either body who is directly or indirectly interested in—
a
a contract made or proposed to be made by it; or
b
any other matter whatsoever which falls to be considered by it,
shall as soon as is practicable disclose the nature of his interest at a meeting of the body; and the disclosure shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
2
In the case mentioned in—
a
head (a) of sub-paragraph (1) above, the member shall not take part in any deliberation or decision of the body with respect to the contract;
b
head (b) of that sub-paragraph, the member shall not take part in any deliberation or decision of the body with respect to the matter if the body decides that the interest in question might affect prejudicially his consideration of the matter.
3
For the purposes of this paragraph, a notice to the effect that a person is a member of a specified body corporate or firm and is to be regarded as interested in any contract which is made with the body corporate or firm after the date of the notice, and in any other matter whatsoever concerning the body corporate or firm which falls to be considered after that date, shall if given at a meeting of Scottish Enterprise or Highlands and Islands Enterprise be a sufficient disclosure of the person’s interest to Scottish Enterprise or as the case may be Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
4
For the purposes of this paragraph disclosure at a meeting may be made without the attendance in person of the member in question provided that he takes reasonable steps to secure that the matter disclosed is in a notice taken into consideration at the meeting.
21
The validity of any proceedings of either body shall not be affected by any vacancy among its members or by any defect in the appointment of a member or by any failure to comply with any requirement of paragraph 20 above.