17A

1

If the Chair considers that the Commission has business which can properly be conducted by correspondence, the Chair may instruct the secretary to circulate to the members of the Commission written proposals requiring the approval of the Commission.

2

Unless objection is received from a member of the Commission within 14 days of the date on which the proposals were posted or delivered, they are to be treated on the expiry of that period as approved by the Commission as if they had been approved at a duly convened meeting.

3

The Commission may delegate to the Chair the approval of any matter which requires decision and which, because of its urgency, cannot be dealt with at a meeting of the Commission or in correspondence as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1).

4

A delegation under sub-paragraph (3)—

a

may be general or specific, and

b

is subject to such conditions as the Commission may from time to time impose.