Section 5: Place and time of meetings

(1) Every meeting of the Authority shall normally be held at its head office at such time as may be specified in the notice. When circumstances render it expedient to hold a meeting elsewhere, the same may, with approval of the Chairperson, be so held at any other place in India. In such a case, the notice convening such meeting shall specify the time and place of the meeting.

(2) Remote participation, during a meeting, may be carried out using videoconferencing or any other electronic means. Members who participate in a meeting remotely shall be counted in establishing a quorum or a majority. In the event of a remote participation, attendance records shall be annotated “remote participation” by the designated officer.