Common use of Voting arrangements of the Performance Assurance Committee Clause in Contracts

Voting arrangements of the Performance Assurance Committee. 16.5.1 The discharge of all of the functions of the Performance Assurance Committee which require or allow for a determination of the Performance Assurance Committee shall be determined by a vote conducted on a show of hands or other such demonstration of affirmation or consent as may be appropriate; and each PAC Representative (whether in person or by its alternate) present at the meeting shall be entitled to exercise one (1) vote. 16.5.2 A decision of the Performance Assurance Committee shall require a simple majority of the votes of both: (a) the Shipper User Representatives; and (b) the Transporter Representatives who in each case are present at the relevant meeting and who vote in respect of the matter to be decided; and in the event a simple majority is not obtained amongst the Shipper User Representatives or the Transporter Representatives the Performance Assurance Committee shall be treated as having made a decision against the relevant matter.