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17. (1) No act or proceeding of the Board or of any Committee established by the Board shall be questioned on account of any vacancy or vacancies in the Board or any such Committees. (2) No defect in the appointment of any person acting as Chairman, Vice-Chairman or member or as a member of any Committee established by the Board shall be deemed to vitiate any proceedings of the Board or of such Committee in which he has taken part, in cases where the other parties to such proceedings form the necessary quorum and are duly entitled to act. (3) Any instrument which, if made by a private person, would be required to be under seal, shall be under the seal of the Board and signed by one or more members authorized for that purpose by a resolution of the Board and countersigned by the proper officer. Any notice, appointment, contract, order or other document made by or proceeding from the Board which is not required to be under seal shall be signed by such members or officers as the Board may direct. (4) The proper officer of the Board shall be the Director-General or any other officer duly authorized by the Board. THIRD SCHEDULE Form of Agreement between Partner Governments, Board and National Body *An agreement made the day of 194 between His Majesty's Government in (hereinafter referred to as " the Government") of the first part the Commonwealth Telecommunications Board (hereinafter referred to as " the Board") of the second part and the (hereinafter referred to as " the National Body ") of the third part. Whereas pursuant to the recommendations of a Commonwealth Telecommunications Conference held in London in July 1945 an Agreement ha.s been made between the Governments of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and India and Southern Rhodesia (hereinafter collectively referred to as " the Partner Governments ") for certain measures designed to promote the efficiency and development of the telecommunication services of the British Commonwealth and Empire, including — (a) The establishment of a Central Body on which all the Partner Governments should be represented, and (b) The execution of an agreement in the terms hereinafter set out between the Central Body so established, each of the Partner Governments and the body by which under the said Agreement certain telecommunication assets stations and plant situate in the territory of that Partner Government are to be operated. And whereas the Board has been established as the Central Body having the functions and constitution more particularly set out in the Second Schedule to the said Agreement. And whereas the National Body 'is the body by which under the said Agreement certain telecommunication stations and plant situate in the territories of, or used by, the Government are to be operated.

* Alterations will be necessary if the National Body is a Department of the Partner Government.