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set out in the following provisions of this section are prescribed for the purposes of section 36.
"(2) Where a vacancy has occurred, or is expected to occur within 6 months, in an office of Permanent Head (in this section referred to as the 'relevant office'), the Chairman—
     (a) shall prepare a written report nominating persons (whether officers of the Service or not) whom he considers suitable for appointment to fill that vacancy; and
     (b) shall, after consulting the Prime Minister as to the persons who are to be members of the Committee, by instrument under his hand, appoint a Committee, to be constituted as provided by sub-section (3), to prepare a written report nominating persons (whether officers of the Service or not) whom the Committee considers suitable for appointment to fill that vacancy.
"(3) Subject to sub-section (4), the Committee shall consist of—
     (a) the Chairman; and
     (b) such number (not being less than 2) of other persons, being persons each of whom holds an office of Permanent Head, as the Chairman thinks it desirable to appoint.
"(4) The Chairman may, after consulting the Prime Minister, at any time appoint an additional person or persons (being a person who, or persons each of whom, holds an office of Permanent Head) to be a member or members of the Committee but any such appointment does not affect the validity of anything done by the Committee as constituted before the additional member is, or the additional members are, appointed.
"(5) A member of the Committee other than the Chairman may, at any time, by notice in writing to the Chairman, resign from the Committee.
"(6) The Chairman—
     (a) shall convene such meetings of the Committee as he considers necessary for the proper performance of its functions; and
     (b) shall preside at all meetings of the Committee.
"(7) A quorum at a meeting of the Committee is constituted by the Chairman and such number of other members as, together with the Chairman, constitute at least two-thirds of the total number of members.
"(8) At a meeting of the Committee—
     (a) the procedure to be followed shall, subject to this section, be as determined by the Committee;

     (b) questions arising shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting; and
     (c) the Chairman has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, also has a casting vote.

"(9) For the purpose of assisting the Committee in the performance of its functions, the Chairman may consult, or authorize a person on his behalf to consult, such other persons as he considers appropriate for the purpose of ascertaining the names of persons whom the persons